Brian Douglas Lennard (18 June 1935 – 27 June 2019) founded Sacha Shoes – a chain of 200

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s in the UK. He gambled away much of his fortune and was an early member of Gamblers Anonymous which he helped to establish in the UK. He was married to actress

Marilyn Galsworthy Marilyn Galsworthy (born 1954) is a British actress, who acted for 15 years in the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing opposite Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina. She also had a number of television and film roles including a small one in the ...

, who divorced him after finding out he lost most of their fortune. Lennard had three daughters with Galsworthy,

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, Pandora and Jessica.

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