[OMIK] OMIK Digest, Vol 93, Issue 2

[Jesse Alexander]

Wow. RIP Mr. Johnson.
I was a long term subscriber to Jet and Ebony.  I remember them on the
coffee tables in my parents houses, in barbershops, and ultimately on
my own coffee table.

TNX ES 73,
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
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>    1. Re: George E Johnson deceased at 99 yr old (tommy at k6ye.com)
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> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:43:28 -0500
> From: tommy at k6ye.com
> To: Lloyd Mitchell KO4L <lmitchell at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OMIK] George E Johnson deceased at 99 yr old
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> Lloyd,
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> Thanks, so much, for sharing this. Keep up the good work.
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> Semper Fi,
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> Tommy - K6YE
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> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 6:34?PM Lloyd Mitchell KO4L via OMIK <
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> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/business/george-e-johnson-dead.html
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> >> 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.
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> >> Lloyd M. Mitchell (KO4L)
> >> lmitchell at gmail.com
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