[OMIK] George E Johnson deceased at 99 yr old

[tommy at k6ye.com]

Lloyd,

Thanks, so much, for sharing this. Keep up the good work.

Semper Fi,

Tommy - K6YE



> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 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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