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In this photo of Jan. 4, 1967 Thomas P.F. Hoving attends a party in New York shortly after becoming director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his decade as the Met's director he turned an institution he once said was "dying" into a happening with blockbuster exhibits. Hoving died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 of cancer at his Manhattan home, according to his family. He was 78. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)