Former Selfridges CEO Roy Stephens Passes Away

May 4th, 2020

Jessie Kern

Roy Stephens, who was the former CEO and managing director of Selfridges & Co., passed away from COVID-19 complications.

Roy Stephens, who was the former CEO and managing director of Selfridges & Co., passed away from COVID-19 complications.

Roy Stephens, the former CEO and managing director of Selfridges has passed away at the age of 85 due to COVID-19, Daily Mail reports.

Stephens had been living at a New Canaan nursing home in Connecticut, but passed away at Norwalk Hospital on April 14, 2020 after contracting the virus, according to the article.

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