Heart of stone

• 23.03.2018 11:00 UTC+01:00
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One week after toy supermarket Toys'R'Us announced that it would close all UK and US stores and enter bankruptcy protection, its founder Charles Lazarus died at the age of 94. A touching coincidence.

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, on the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop, one would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.