George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Company and Black hair care pioneer, dies at 99
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George E. Johnson, the pioneering Chicago entrepreneur who founded Johnson Products Company in 1954 and transformed Black hair care in the United States with iconic brands including Afro Sheen, Ultra Wave, and Classy Curl, has died at age 99. According to a family statement, he passed away peacefully at home, leaving behind a legacy of entrepreneurship, faith, perseverance, philanthropy, and family. The New York Times reported, citing his second wife Madeline Murphy Rabb, that Johnson died of a respiratory illness.
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· 1 pulledThe family said Johnson, 'passed away peacefully at home at the age of 99, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy of entrepreneurship, faith, perseverance, philanthropy, and family.'
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