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Moira Gemmill (1959 – 2015)

Designer Moira Gemmill, who recently left the V&A to become Director of Capital Programmes for the Royal Collection Trust, was killed while cycling in London.

Frances Richens
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A leading designer who was picked to renovate Windsor Castle was killed by a lorry while cycling through London yesterday morning.

Moira Gemmill, 55, died after the collision near Lambeth Bridge, as reported by the Evening Standard. She is the fifth cyclist to be killed on the capital’s roads this year.

The former design director of the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum, who was headhunted by the organisation in 2002 and is described as an “art visionary”, was cycling to work at St James’s Palace. The incident happened at around 9.30am… Keep reading on The Independent