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Billionaire L’Oreal heiress Bettencourt dies

By Reuters
22 September 2017   |   8:48 am
French businesswoman and billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, whose family founded L'Oreal and still owns the largest stake in the cosmetics giant, has died aged 94, her daughter said on Thursday.

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