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Former Lauder Executive Janet Cook Passes

She rose from behind the Clinique counter at a Connecticut department store to president of North America, Estée Lauder Inc.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Janet Cook, a former Estée Lauder Companies executive, passed last month at her home in Florida after a sudden illness. She was 77. Cook began her career in beauty as a Clinique consultant in Connecticut and moved up the ranks at the corporate level. In 2002 she was appointed to the then newly-created position of president, North America, Estee Lauder Inc., a role that put in her in charge of all brand activities in Canada, the US and Puerto Rico, as reported by Happi. Janet Cook ...

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