London (CNN) -- The ex-wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood said the precarious finances of L'Wren Scott's fashion business may have played a role in the late designer's apparent suicide. "I think it might have been, for her, a question of losing face," 59-year-old Wood told CNN in an exclusive interview. "She was such a proud woman that, I think, to face that, well maybe that was the trigger." Wood admitted she was "surprised as much as everyone else" to learn of the death of Scott, the longtime partner of her ex-husband Ronnie's band mate Mick Jagger. Scott, 49, was found dead in her Manhattan apartment on Monday; she appears to have taken her own life.
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Jo Wood: Finances of L'Wren Scott's business may have played role in apparent suicide.
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