breaking news from about 5 hours ago as i write:
"LONDON (Reuters) - Anita Roddick, founder of beauty retailer The Body Shop and one of Britain's best known businesswomen, has died at the age of 64 after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, her family said on Monday. "Anita Roddick was admitted to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, close to her home, yesterday evening when she collapsed after complaining of a sudden headache," her family said in a statement. "Mrs Roddick was admitted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit and her husband Gordon and two daughters, Sam and Justine, were with her when she died," it said.
A multi-millionaire, Roddick campaigned against human rights abuses and was an environmental activist. The mission statement of The Body Shop was: "To dedicate our business to the pursuit of social and environmental change." Roddick said it was her mother's frugality during World War Two that inspired her to campaign for environmental issues and question retail conventions."
my favourite of her selected awards on her cv: 1999 - Chief Wiper-Away of Ogoni Tears, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Nigeria
yahoo report here.
bbc online
her website
her internet resume/cv
recent interview in the telegraph
the independent
another lovely interviewfrom the telegraph
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