Tribute To Green Queen

Dame Anita Roddick has died, aged 64, after suffering a major brain haemorrhage.

Anita RoddickThe Body Shop founder died just 24 hours after complaining of a headache.

She was rushed to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester on Sunday evening.

A statement released by her family said: "Gordon, Justine and Sam Roddick are very sad to announce that after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, Anita Roddick died at 6.30pm at the age of 64.

"Anita Roddick was admitted to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, close to her home, yesterday (Sunday) evening when she collapsed after complaining of a sudden headache."

John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said Dame Anita was an "incredible woman" who would be "sorely missed".

He said: "She was a amazing inspiration to those around her, not just in environmental and human rights issues, which were two of her passions.

"She was so ahead of her time when it came to issues of how business could be done in different ways, not just profit motivated but taking into account environmental issues.

"When you look at it today, and how every company claims to be green, she was living this decades ago. She was a true pioneer."

Dame Anita revealed in February this year she was carrying the hepatitis C virus.

She said she had been carrying it for more than three decades, but only found out two years ago after a blood test.

She made the announcement as she called for hepatitis C to be taken more seriously as a "public health challenge"

She said: "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."

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