Documents reported by Scottish and Irish outlets say Bernard Lewis, the founder of the fashion retailer River Island, left an estate worth £40 million. The reports add that Lewis died earlier this year at the age of 100. Both sources attribute the figure to legal paperwork referenced in their reporting, but neither outlet provides additional detail in the excerpts about what the documents are specifically, how the valuation is calculated, or how the estate is distributed. The coverage is consistent on the core points: Lewis’s role as River Island founder, his death earlier this year, his age at death, and the reported value of his estate. Aside from these shared details, the sources do not provide further corroborating information such as dates of probate, locations of the estate, or named beneficiaries in the provided text.