[OMIK] George E Johnson deceased at 99 yr old

[Jerome Stone]

Hey! Thanks for the information. Awesome!


On Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 7:04 PM Tony Streaty via OMIK <omik at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Lloyd,
> Thank you for sharing that.
> Jon Streaty
> K4CIH
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 6:34 PM Lloyd Mitchell KO4L via OMIK <
> omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> > https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/business/george-e-johnson-dead.html
> >
> > George E. Johnson, a hair-care magnate who rose from a sharecropper’s
> cabin
> > to found, with his wife, Joan, what was said to be the first Black-owned
> > company listed on a major American stock exchange, and who made a fortune
> > on products like Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, died on Monday at his home
> in
> > Chicago. He was 99.
> > --
> > Lloyd M. Mitchell (KO4L)
> > lmitchell at gmail.com
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