Person    | Male  Born 17/8/1925  Died 27/4/1993

Sir Roy Watts

Chief Executive of British Airways and then Chairman of Thames Water. Obituary at the Independent.

The Independent of 4 May 1993 reported that his body was spotted 50 yards down river of Westminster Bridge. "Sir Roy, 67, who had been diagnosed as suffering from Parkinson's disease, was last seen by his chauffeur who left him outside his luxury riverside flat in Battersea, south-west London, on Tuesday of last week."

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