Body Shop founder Anita Roddick dies
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Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop cosmetics chain, died on Monday evening after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, her family said.
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In a room of mostly white male high-tech players, Anita Brown was the say-it-like-it-is black woman in red high-top sneakers. A social networker and blogger long before anyone heard of those terms, Brown died Sept. 8 of cardiac arrest at age 63.
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A cannabis campaigner who went to court to defend her right to use the drug for pain relief dies at home.
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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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The Body Shop founder has died tonight after suffering a major brain haemorrhage.
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The funeral has taken place of Dr Beyers Naude, one of the leading anti-apartheid campaigners in South Africa, who died earlier this month aged 89.
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Lord Charles Forte, a London cafe owner who went on to build the Trust House Forte international hotel and restaurant empire, died Wednesday at the age of 98. Forte died in his sleep at his London home, according to his family's company, now called Rocco Forte Hotels.
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Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in films and as the star of television&#39;s &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; has died from cancer.
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HOLLYWOOD, Florida  - Anna Nicole Smith, the small-town Texas girl turned voluptuous Playboy Playmate who became a tabloid fixture while fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court over the estate of her billionaire husband, died suddenly at the age of 39 on Thursday.
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Athens, Greece, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Americans Andy Roddick and Venus Williams were shockingly eliminated in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament Wednesday.
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The founder of the legendary Bowery punk-rock club died on Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 75.
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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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Anita Roddick used her international cosmetics chain to promote eco-friendly practices long before they were widely fashionable.
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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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Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who started the namesake U.S. company Liz Claiborne Inc., has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.
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"I had no training or experience ... ."  Anita Roddick, founder of the international Body Shop cosmetics chain, died Monday night after suffering a major brain hemorrhage, her family said. She was 64.Roddick, who died at a hospital in Chichester, had revealed in February that she contracted hepatitis C through a blood transfusion while giving birth to a daughter in 1971. She made the announcement after being named head of the British charity Hepatitis C Trust.The business woman was lauded as the 'Queen of Green' for trailblazing business practices that sought to be environmentally friendly and won her renown in her native England and around the world. Read more