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For 75 years, 92-year-old Olive Cooke of Bristol, England, had sold poppies to remember lost - and aid living- veterans of Britain's wars. It's estimated she sold 30,000. Even a breast cancer diagnosis in late 2013 didn't stop her.
But her high-profile charitable works came with a downside - friends report she had been inundated with requests from charities that she found hard to refuse, and had lost faith when £250 she sent to a relative went missing in the post.
Olive's body has been found at the bottom of the deep Avon Gorge, in Bristol.
Rest in peace, Olive. Thank you.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/14/bristol-pensioner-body-avon-gorge-olive-cooke
But her high-profile charitable works came with a downside - friends report she had been inundated with requests from charities that she found hard to refuse, and had lost faith when £250 she sent to a relative went missing in the post.
Olive's body has been found at the bottom of the deep Avon Gorge, in Bristol.
Rest in peace, Olive. Thank you.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/14/bristol-pensioner-body-avon-gorge-olive-cooke
