Dead Celebrity Alert

Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop cosmetics store, has died after suffering a major brain haemorrhage. She was 64.

The businesswoman, dubbed the Queen of Green, died today at a hospital in southern England, with her husband and daughters by her side, the family said in a statement. …

Roddick was called the Queen of Green for her trailblazing environmentally-friendly, humane business practices that made her a leader in her native England and around the world.

Greenpeace executive director John Sauven called Roddick an “incredible woman” who would be “sorely missed”. …

Roddick opened her first Body Shop store in 1976 in Brighton, southern England, before fair trade and eco-friendly businesses were fashionable.

The Body Shop has grown into a global phenomenon with nearly 2000 stores in 50 countries. It became part of the French company L’Oreal Group last year, but remains independently run. … Read full obituary

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