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MADem

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6. Old Burt sold that company years ago. RIP Burt.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2015, 12:20 AM

Jul 2015

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/the-back-story-behind-burts-bees-it-sold-out-years-ago.html

CLOROX owns it now....

I guess he upgraded from living in that turkey coop...?

In recent years, Shavitz lived in a cluttered house with no running water. A converted turkey coop that used to be his home remained on his property. He liked passing the time by watching wildlife.

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Burt of Burt's Bees has died [View all] shenmue Jul 2015 OP

Rest in Peace, Burt. GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #1

Nooooooooo! abelenkpe Jul 2015 #2

. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #3

Oh no..... glinda Jul 2015 #4

Oh Man ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #5

Old Burt sold that company years ago. RIP Burt. MADem Jul 2015 #6

Yesterday for the first time in my life I bought one of his products. A small tin of lip ointment. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #7

Awe marym625 Jul 2015 #8

I had to laugh passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #9

Burt Shavitz, cantankerous hippie co-founder of Burt’s Bees, dead at 80 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #10

Boy, did they screw him over... joeybee12 Jul 2015 #11