Others include Gordon Roddick, the widower of Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, from the Roddick Foundation, and Thomas Hughes-Hallett, of the Emily Hughes-Hallet Fund and also chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care charity, and Marcelle Speller of Localgiving.com.

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"We have always had great respect for The Body Shop's success and for the strong identity and values created by its outstanding founder, Dame Anita Roddick, " said L'Oreal's chairman Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.

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Anita Roddick, the British cosmetics entrepreneur and dogged environmental and human rights activist, has died at 64 after suffering a major brain hemorrhage.

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