Death of inventor Ron Hickman

Ron Hickman, the multi-millionaire inventor and St Brelade resident since 1977, died yesterday following serious health problems over the last six months.

Mr Hickman, who was born in South Africa, will be best remembered for helping millions of DIY enthusiasts with his work bench, which at one point was selling 15,000 units a day.

His friend and colleague Derek Bernard, who worked as managing director of all Mr Hickman’s companies, said that he was a kind and generous man with a tremendous work ethic. ‘Ron was a lively, lateral-thinking man,’ he said. ‘He was very able, honest and enthusiastic.’