Dame Anita Roddick dies

Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick has died at the age of 64.She suffered a major brain haemorrhage and died at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester. Her husband, Gordon, and daughters Sam and Justine were all with her.In February this year, Dame Anita revealed she was carrying the hepatitis C virus. She said she had been carrying it for more than three decades, but only found out two years ago after a blood test.Dame Anita founded The Body Shop in 1976 "simply to create a livelihood for myself and my two daughters" as she put it.The company spiralled into a global phenomenon despite the fact that Anita came into the retail world completely raw - with no business background.Thirty years on, the firm is a multi-national business with over 2,000 stores serving over 77 million customers in 51 different countries.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

ITN | September 10, 2007

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