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| Dame Anita Roddick dies aged 64 | Dame Anita Roddick dies aged 64 |
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| Founder of the Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick has died at the age of 64. | Founder of the Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick has died at the age of 64. |
| Her family said in a statement that she suffered "a major brain haemorrhage" at 1830 BST at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex. | Her family said in a statement that she suffered "a major brain haemorrhage" at 1830 BST at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex. |
| Her husband, Gordon, and daughters Sam and Justine were all with her, the statement added. | Her husband, Gordon, and daughters Sam and Justine were all with her, the statement added. |
| Dame Anita set up the first Body Shop in Brighton in 1976. In February, she announced she had contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in 1971. | Dame Anita set up the first Body Shop in Brighton in 1976. In February, she announced she had contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in 1971. |
| The family's statement said: "Gordon, Justine and Sam Roddick are very sad to announce that, after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, Anita Roddick died at 6.30pm this evening at the age of 64. | The family's statement said: "Gordon, Justine and Sam Roddick are very sad to announce that, after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, Anita Roddick died at 6.30pm this evening at the age of 64. |
| "Anita Roddick was admitted to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, close to her home, yesterday evening when she collapsed after complaining of a sudden headache. | "Anita Roddick was admitted to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, close to her home, yesterday evening when she collapsed after complaining of a sudden headache. |
| "Mrs Roddick was admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit and her husband Gordon and two daughters, Sam and Justine, were with her when she died." | |
| 'Own mortality' | |
| Dame Anita revealed she was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver after contracting Hepatitis C from blood given during the birth of her youngest daughter, Sam. | |
| She said she had unknowingly lived with the virus for three decades and only found out about it two years ago after a blood test. | |
| "What I can say is that having Hep C means that I live with a sharp sense of my own mortality, which in many ways makes life more vivid and immediate," Dame Anita said. | |
| "It makes me even more determined to just get on with things." | |
| Dame Anita also called for Hepatitis C - sometimes called the "silent killer" - to be taken more seriously as a "public health challenge". | |
| The Body Shop became part of the French company L'Oreal Group in July 2006 but is run independently. |