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Burt's Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz dies aged 80
July 06, 2015
Burt Shavitz, the beekeeper who went on to co-found Burt's Bees, has died age 80.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for the company said Shavitz died of respiratory complications in Bangor, Maine, surrounded by family and friends.
Shavitz started Burt's Bees when he, a beekeeper making his own honey, encountered a hitchhiker called Roxanne Quimby, who started making products using his beeswax. The two became business partners in the 1980s.
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