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| | Cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder dead |
 | | Estee Lauder, the pioneering queen of the global beauty products industry, who over decades turned her small face creams business into a multi-million-dollar cosmetics empire, has died. |
 | | Her son, Leonard Lauder, Chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., told The New York Times newspaper that his mother had died of cardiopulmonary arrest. |
 | | Lauder started the company in New York in 1946 with her husband, Joseph Lauder, expanded over the years with the addition of several cosmetic brands, including Donna Karan Cosmetics, Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries and Aramis. |
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