Frank Gehry, master architect with a flair for drama, dies at 96

Architect Frank Gehry attends a topping-off ceremony for the Beekman tower in New York, Nov. 19, 2009. Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, died on Friday. He was 96. – Photo: AP/Mark Lennihan

Canada-born US architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, died on Friday. He was 96.

Gehry was perhaps the biggest of the so-called "starchitects" -- an elite group that includes Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and others -- and enjoyed his fame, but absolutely hated the label.