RIP
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, the BBC reported on Monday.
Roddick founded The Body Shop in Brighton, southern England, in 1976, selling toiletries made from natural ingredients, preferably sourced from the developing world. Her business mushroomed into an empire of more than 2,000 stores.
France's L'Oreal bought The Body Shop last year.
She campaigned against human rights abuses and was an environmental activist.
Roddick revealed earlier this year that she was suffering from liver damage after contracting the Hepatitis C virus more than 35 years ago.
She developed the potentially deadly disease from infected blood given to her during the birth of her youngest daughter, Sam, in 1971.
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