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Joan Johnson, Co-Founder Of Johnson Products, Maker Of Afro Sheen Has Died

(CNN) -- Joan Johnson, who helped create one of the nation's largest black-owned companies, has died.

Johnson, 89, co-founded Johnson Products Company, the pioneering black hair care company which made iconic products such as Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen. She died Friday in Chicago after a long illness.
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