Dame Anita Roddick, founder of ethical cosmetic company The Body Shop has died age 64. Her family released a statement to say that she died from a massive brain hemorrhage at 18:30 last night in St Richard's Hospital in West Sussex. She was admitted to hospital when she collapsed at home after complaining of a sudden headache. Her husband and two daughters were by her side. Anita pioneered cruelty-free beauty products when she set up the first Body Shop store in Brighton in 1976. She announced in February she had contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion back in 1971.
John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said Dame Anita was an "incredible woman" who was passionate about environmental and human rights issues. She was an amazing inspiration to those around her," he said. "She was so ahead of her time when it came to issues of how business could be done...When you look at it today, and how every company claims to be green, she was living this decades ago."
[via BBC]
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