Slimming World founder Margaret Miles-Bramwell who ‘changed the lives of millions’ dies in Majorca aged 76

THE founder of weight loss company Slimming World Margaret Miles-Bramwell has died aged 76.

Miles-Bramwell died on Sunday morning surrounded by her family in Majorca after she had “touched the hearts and changed the lives of millions of people”, the company said in a statement.

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Margaret Miles-Bramwell is being remembered as having changed the lives of ‘millions’[/caption]

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Miles-Bramwell with the OBE she received at Buckingham Palace[/caption]

Slimming World managing director Lisa Salmon said: “Margaret steered her ship in the way she lived her life – with a generous spirit, passionate conviction, a wicked (and rebellious!) sense of humour and a fierce belief in doing the right thing.

“Our job now is to continue to keep her legacy alive by doing the very same thing.”

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