PLANO, Texas (AP) — Comer Cottrell, a black hair-care entrepreneur who made millions with a cheap kit that brought the glossy celebrity Jheri curl into the homes of average African Americans, has died ...

PLANO, Texas — Comer Cottrell, a hair care entrepreneur who made millions with an inexpensive kit that brought the glossy celebrity Jheri curl into the homes of average African-Americans, has died. He ...

Comer Cottrell, a black hair-care entrepreneur who made millions with a cheap kit that brought the glossy celebrity Jheri curl into the homes of average African Americans, has died. He was 82.

Comer Cottrell, creator of the Curly Kit, an in-home hair treatment that allowed users to get the Jheri Curl hairstyle popularized by Michael Jackson at a reasonable price, died on October 10 at the ...

Cottrell died last Friday in Plano, Tex. His do-it-yourself product brought more affordable curly hair to the masses. The 70s and 80s will be remembered by many as the era of disco and Dynasty. But ...

Comer Cottrell, who started with $600 and a borrowed typewriter in building a fortune by making and selling hair-curling products to African-Americans, died on Oct. 3 at his home in Dallas, where he ...

Comer Cottrell, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who turned a small Los Angeles operation into a multimillion-dollar success story by catering to the hair care needs of African Americans, died ...

Comer Cottrell, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who turned a small Los Angeles operation into a multimillion-dollar success story by catering to the hair-care needs of African Americans, died last ...

Later, regular black folks --some statistics say as many as 1 in 4--were able to wear the same style, thanks to Comer Cottrell. Cottrell founded the Pro-Line Corp, a hair care company aimed at the ...