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Thu 02 Feb 2007Body Shop founder suffering from hepatitis CBRITIAN:The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick is suffering from liver damage after contracting the hepatitis C virus more than 35 years ago, she said on her website on yesterday.Ms Roddick (64), one of Britain's best-known businesswomen, developed the potentially deadly disease from infected blood given to her during the birth of her youngest daughter, Sam, in 1971.