Edward G. Gardner, co-founder of Soft Sheen Products and beloved philanthropist, dead at 98

Edward Gardner’s early efforts at making Black hair care products started in the family kitchen, with his wife’s pots and pans. He was not always successful.“He melted wax in one of the pans,” said one of Mr. Gardner’s four children, Terri Gardner. “We never got the wax out of the pan. It had to go out in the alley. ... My mother let him know that the pans were off limits because we needed to eat.”Mr. Gardner persevered, later... + full article