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Margaret Lake, the British astrologer referred to as Mystic Meg, has handed away on the age of 80.
She grew to become a family title in 1994 when she hosted a slot on the Nationwide Lottery draw the place she peered right into a crystal ball to foretell a future winner.
Lake pioneered phone horoscopes, launching a devoted phone line in 1989 that broke BT information. She had an everyday column within the Solar and the now-defunct Information of the World.
She died Thursday morning after being hospitalized with the flu final month.
Her agent, Dave Shapland, stated: “She was with none doubt Britain’s most well-known astrologer by one million miles. Nobody got here near Meg for that matter. She was adopted by tens of millions on this nation and world wide as effectively.
“She even grew to become a part of the English language – if a politician, showbiz or bizarre individuals on the road are requested a tricky query, they’ll say, ‘Who do you suppose I’m, Mystic Meg?'”
The Solar editor, Victoria Newton, stated: “That is devastating information. We’ve got misplaced an icon. Our good and incomparable Meg was synonymous with the solar – she was a complete legend. We cherished her and so did our readers. For over twenty years, Mystic Meg has been a must-read column that has cemented her as Britain’s most well-known astrologer.”
Newton added: “Considered one of my favourite reminiscences of Meg is when all of the Spice Ladies got here to the workplace simply as they have been using excessive at no 1. We deliberate a tour for them, however all they wished to do was meet Mystic Meg! You recognize you are an icon when the one particular person Victoria Beckham is thinking about is you.”
Lake, who realized astrology from her grandmother, was born on July 27, 1942 in Accrington, Lancashire, which made her zodiac signal Leo.
She lived in a three-bedroom flat in Notting Hill, west London, which she shared with seven cats. She died at 3.45am on Thursday morning at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.
The announcer and former newspaper editor Piers Morgan stated: “Mystic Meg was Britain’s most well-known astrologer and a fascinatingly mysterious woman who passionately cherished her work however was not often seen or heard of in public.
“I used to be her editor on the Information of the World for a number of years and he or she was extraordinarily skilled in all the things she did. A grasp of her very fashionable craft.
