Chicago-area woman who created beehive hairdo dies at age 98

CHICAGO (AP) — Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98.

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.

The magazine article described the hairdo as a "tall wrap-around crown, creating a circular silhouette with high-rise accents."