The low-carb diet was championed by the late Dr. Robert Atkins, who made our list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities last year.

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Leading the trend is the business established by Robert Atkins, who died in April, aged 72, from complications after a fall on an icy New York street.

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Atkins Nutrionals , the New York company founded in 1989 by the late Dr. Robert Atkins to cash in on his low-carb diet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday.

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