Evelyn lauder obituary

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The entire event was planned by Evelyn Lauder before her death, including the musical selections played during the service. A public memorial service will be held in January, and the Empire State Building was lit pink Monday night in her memory. You May Also Like. News of her death from complications of nongenetic ovarian cancer stirred an outpouring of reminiscences, tributes and memorials to her, both as a businesswoman and an anticancer crusader.

Her courage, creativity, and steadfast commitment to her cause made her efforts to raise awareness about breast cancer and advance the search for a cure all the more effective. Hillary also thinks of the day in when Evelyn delivered more than , Pink Ribbon Petitions to her to ask for more government funding for research. Evelyn got the world closer to a time when no family will have to endure the pain of losing a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, or an aunt to this terrible disease.

We will never forget how much she did to improve the lives of others. Her business role — as senior corporate vice president and head of fragrance development worldwide at Lauder — was intertwined with her fierce dedication to helping those suffering from breast cancer. BCRF supports cancer researchers globally. Together my family and the company celebrate the beautiful person she was.

She was one of the pivotal architects of our vision, values and culture. She was dynamic, creative, smart, endearingly warm, generous and incredibly gifted at connecting with people. Her enthusiasm was contagious. Although she pursued her anticancer mission in a highly visible way, she never drew attention to the fact that she herself was a cancer survivor, surviving both early-stage breast cancer and ovarian cancer.