File- This file photo of Nov. 14, 1986, shows Comer Cottrell, president of Dallas-based Pro-Line Corp., a maker of ethnic cosmetics. Cottrell, an entrepreneur who made millions on black hair products, especially a cheap kit that brought the celebrity Jheri curl style into the homes of average African Americans, has died. He was 82. Family […]
File- This file photo of Nov. 14, 1986, shows Comer Cottrell, president of Dallas-based Pro-Line Corp., a maker of ethnic cosmetics. Cottrell, an entrepreneur who made millions on black hair products, especially a cheap kit that brought the celebrity Jheri curl style into the homes of average African Americans, has died. He was 82. Family spokeswoman Taryn Brown says Cottrell died Oct. 3 at his home in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, David Woo, File)