Diane Martel, the innovative and trailblazing music video director who helmed visuals for some of the biggest artists of the past three decades, including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, the Killers, and Miley Cyrus , and many more — died on Thursday in New York. She was 63.

“Diane passed away peacefully at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital – surrounded by friends and family – after a long battle with breast cancer,” her family said in a statement. “She is survived by her Aunt, Gail Merrifield Papp (wife of Joseph Papp, founder of The Public Theatre), her three beloved, loyal cats (Poki, PopPop, PomPom) and many loving lifetime friends.”

A born-and-raised New Yorker who came of age in the city’s downtown scene, Martel developed a knack for crafting music videos that were vis

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