Ann Summers supremo Jacqueline Gold dies aged 62

Businesswoman who turned sex toys and lingerie chain into household name had breast cancer

Jacqueline Gold, the businesswoman whose Ann Summers retail chain embraced a new wave of sexual liberation to make shopping for vibrators and lingerie an everyday event on British high streets, has died at the age of 62.

Her family said her death on Thursday evening after seven years of treatment for breast cancer had left them utterly heartbroken".