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Herbert Muschamp, who died of lung cancer, was the Times' architecture critic from 1992 to 2004. "Muschamp's reviews could be devastating, and maddening to readers who took exception to his quirky -- and, some argued, self-indulgent -- voice," writes
Nicolai Ouroussoff. "His wide-ranging, often deeply personal reviews made him one of the most influential critics of his generation," notes a Times
memo.