Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst said Monday that Heldt died Friday at a senior living community. The beehive — a tall, conical woman's hairstyle — became a cultural phenomenon during the 1960s and evolved into a style worn for decades as Hollywood's starlets walked red carpets. Heldt opened her own salon — Margaret Vinci Coiffures — on Michigan Avenue in 1950. The trade group Cosmetologists Chicago named a scholarship for Heldt for creativity in hairdressing.

Source: Fox News June 14, 2016 06:33 UTC