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Lord Bath dead – Eccentric owner of Longleat Safari Park Alexander Thynn dies from coronavirus aged 87
THE eccentric owner of Longleat Safari Park, Lord Bath, has died from coronavirus aged 87.
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, sadly passed away yesterday after being admitted to hospital on March 28.
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Longleat announced the devastating news today.
Their statement read: "It is with the deepest sadness we have to announce Lord Bath has died at the age of 87.
"Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, passed away on Saturday.
"He was admitted to the Royal United Hospital in Bath on March 28 where it was confirmed he had the coronavirus.
"The family would like to express their great appreciation for the dedicated team of nurses, doctors and other staff who cared so professionally and compassionately for Alexander in these extremely difficult times for everyone.
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"They would politely request a period of privacy to deal with their loss."
The aristocrat was a politician, author and artist but was best known for his flamboyant dress sense and affairs with 70 women, which he referred to as "wifelets".
Many of the women live in estate cottages but his son Viscount Weymouth - who has managed the business since 2010 - intends to evict them.
The pair fell out and their differences resulted in him boycotting his son's wedding to Strictly Come Dancing star and model Emma Weymouth.
In 2009, Lord Bath was ranked 359th in the Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated wealth of £157million.
The well-known animal lover married Anna Gyarmathy, also known as Anna Gael, in 1969 and the couple had two children.
It is with the deepest sadness we have to announce Lord Bath has died at the age of 87.
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He was a passionate amateur painter and decorated his rooms with erotic scenes from the Kama Sutra.
Lord Bath also starred in his own TV show, Animal Park, which saw presenters Ben Fogle and Kate Humble show the daily life at Longleat Safari Park.
Tributes came flooding in for the Lord, with hundreds describing him as a "larger than life character" who will be sorely missed.
One wrote: "So sad. Huge character, lovely man. #British to his boots."
Another added: "Very sad. He was such a wonderful character when he made the odd appearance on Animal Park."
A third fan said: "Such a colourful larger than life character. Very sad. Condolences to his family."
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His death from coronavirus comes as the number of fatalities in the UK rose by 700 yesterday - the highest amount since the crisis began.
Now, 4,934 people have died from Covid-19 with more than 42,000 confirmed cases.
In a desperate bid to prevent the disease from spreading, Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatened to ban all outdoor exercise and slammed sunbathers for breaking the lockdown rules.
After photographs of people ignoring the rules and spending their weekends lying around sunning themselves, Mr Hancock came out to remind them why Britain is in a strict lockdown.
Mr Hancock told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show today: "We've said because of the positive benefits to your physical and your mental health that it's OK to exercise on your own or with members of your own household.
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"But if the result of that is that too many people go out and flout the other rules because they say 'well if I can exercise then it's fine for me to do other things' then I'm afraid we will have to take action.
"If you don't want us to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside the home, you have got to follow the rules.
"Let's not have a minority spoiling it for everybody."
Lord Bath talks about his life and his enduring love of dogs during an episode of 'My World Of Dogs'
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