Statement: "The Historical Black Press Foundation oins the nation in mourning the loss of
John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines.
We wish to express our condolences to his family and staff."
- DC Livers, managing editor

Gifts: In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be made to the
John H. Johnson School of Communications, Howard University,
525 Bryant Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20059, 202-806-7690,
or the United Negro College Fund, 8260 Willow Corp. Dr.,
Fairfax, VA 22031-4511, 703-205-3400.

Ebony Magazine's John H. Johnson Funeral Arrangements:

Public Visitation: Sunday, August 14 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Johnson Publishing Company at 820 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL 60605
Funeral Services: Monday, August 15 at 11 a.m. at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 South Woodlawn at 57th Street on the campus of the University of Chicago 60637
Interment: Private

JOHNSON TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE BLACK PRESS FALLEN HEROES HALL OF FAME
POST HUMOUROUSLY at BLACK PRESS ALL STAR AWARDS IN BALTIMORE, MD

John H. Johnson, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., died today in Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was 87. Johnson was the founder of a major international media and cosmetics empire that includes EBONY and JET magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. It is the No. 1 African-American publishing company in the world founded in 1942.

Mr. Johnson borrowed $500 on his mother’s furniture and created a publishing and cosmetics empire is credited as one of the major trailblazers and he is recognized as the founder of the African-American consumer market. The founder and publisher succumbed after an extended illness on the 60th anniversary of EBONY magazine, which, under his leadership, has been the biggest Black-owned magazine in the world for 60 straight years. In 2002, Johnson named Linda Johnson Rice, the chief operating officer, CEO of the company, but retained the title of chairman and publisher until his death.