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John Sainsbury, shopkeeper ‘to his core’, dies aged 94

John Sainsbury pictured in 1999.
John Sainsbury pictured in 1999. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

John Sainsbury, the former chairman of the supermarket chain, has died at the age of 94. Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover was the president of Sainsbury’s and also sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

The supermarket’s current chairman, Martin Scicluna, announced the death on Friday evening, saying he had lived a “remarkable life”.

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