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 ...

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 ...

The Jheri curl, a relic from the days of Atari games and 8-track tapes, turns 40 this year. To mark this cultural touchstone, the Daily Break is doing a multimedia project that will include a Spotify ...

Morrow, the inventive son of Alabama sharecroppers, died last month at his home in San Diego of pneumonia. He was 82. The barber who pioneered many of the hair care products that became an iconic part ...

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 black Americans, died today ...

On The Late Show Monday, Samuel L. Jackson and host Stephen Colbert were chatting about the ’fro’s they used to rock back in the day, which lead to Jackson talking about how his trademark Jheri curl ...

This March 8, 2007, file photo shows Comer Cottrell, former owner of Pro-Line posing at the Comer Cottrell Student Center on the campus of Paul Quinn College, in Dallas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning ...

Eric Dickerson laughs as he breaks down the truth behind one of the most iconic hairstyles in sports history. He explains the ...

We have so many memories from Pedro Martinez's now-official Hall of Fame career. Throwing aside Don Zimmer. His 1999 season. We'll also never forget his Jheri curl. Martinez's bouncy hairstyle was a ...

The NBA had its share of different hairstyles. Players wore everything from bald heads, to high-top fades to cornrows. But no player had perhaps a bigger impact than former Los Angeles Lakers forward ...