Anita Roddick, Founder of Body Shop Cosmetics Chain, Dies at 64
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Anita Roddick used her international cosmetics chain to promote eco-friendly practices long before they were widely fashionable.
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WHEN A company dies, the business forensic historians look for a smoking gun. At Gillette, his name may have been Colman Mockler. He died in office, on Jan. 25, 1991, a victim of his pack-a-day-plus habit. Chairman of the board since the mid 1970s, he had dutifully selected as his successor one Robert Murray. Mockler's heir apparent was Boston born, ...
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Dame Alicia Markova, one of the UK's most influential prima ballerinas, dies at the age of 94.
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PASADENA, Calif. -- Olympic gold medalist Mildred McDaniel Singleton, one of the world's top female athletes of the 1950s, died Sept. 30 of cancer at a convalescent home. She was 70.
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Rod Kanehl, who hit the first grand slam in the history of the New York Mets, has died. He was 70.
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The pop star, who found fame in the 1980s with hits Gloria and Self Control, died in her sleep at her home in East Quogue, New York on Thursday.
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TURLOCK, Calif. -- Linda Collins Maurer, a pro golfer who became the first person to wear a &quot;Medic Alert&quot; bracelet after her parents created the chains, has died.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who founded a namesake women's sportswear label that grew into a multibillion dollar global empire, has died at age 78, the company said on Wednesday.
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Andy Roddick today announced the end of an 18-month association with coach Brad Gilbert which earned the American his first grand slam title and established him among the heavyweights of men&#39;s tennis.
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Shu Uemura, the Japanese makeup artist who won acclaim in Hollywood and built an international cosmetics brand under his name, has died. He was 79.  Uemura, who gained acclaim working with actress Shirley MacLaine on the 1962 Hollywood film "My Geish...
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Long before it became popular, The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick made us feel good about doing good
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Lord James Hanson, a wealthy industrialist whose business prospered by acquiring poorly run, low-tech companies and turning them into money makers, died after a long battle with cancer, his spokesman said. He was 82.
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home. He was 79.
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Coffee legend Alfred Peet, creator of Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., a forerunner to Starbucks Corp., has died at his home in Ashland, Oregon, his company said. He was 87.
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The crusading entrepreneur founded the vast Body Shop network of cosmetics stores on principles of ending animal testing and supporting the environment.
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Actor Jerry Orbach, who earned a reputation as the quintessential New Yorker through his work in films and as a longtime star of the "Law & Order" television series, has died from prostate cancer. He was 69.
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Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marrying an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died Thursday after collapsing at a South Florida hotel