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Hilary Devey dead Former Dragons ’ Den star dies aged 65 

The former Dragons ’ Den star Hilary Devey has failed at the age of 65, her representatives have verified. 

The businesswoman and entrepreneur failed in Morocco on Saturday after a long illness. She was awarded an OBE for services to the transport assiduity and charity in 2013. 

 

 Among the paeans was one from her fellow former Dragon Theo Paphitis who said he was “ so sad to hear of the end of the lovely Hilary Devey ”. 

 He added “ She left us all with some fantastic recollections, may she rest in peace. My studies are with her family. x ” 

As well as appearing on Dragons ’ Den, she also presented the Channel 4 series The Intern. 

 

 Her charity work included her position as vice chairman of the Carers Trust and she was also a patron of the Stroke Association, having herself suffered a stroke in 2009. 

She also appeared in The Business Inspector on Channel 5. 

 

 

 She made her fortune launching a freight company Pall- Ex which having vended her house and auto to set up grew to have a development of further than£ 100 million. 

 

 Speaking in 2011, she said she had been proud to “ do my part ” to support the country’s budding entrepreneurs. 

She said “ I would have loved the occasion to have stood before the Dragons, and I'll flash back my own gests and the realities of running a business moment, when choosing to support- or reject- the budding entrepreneurs joining me in the Den. ”