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Robert Elberson, Hanes’s Man Behind L’eggs Pantyhose, Dies at 84
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Robert E. Elberson, the Hanes Corp. executive who introduced L’eggs, the pantyhose sold in unique egg-shaped containers, and made it the best-selling U.S. hosiery brand by marketing it in supermarkets and drugstores, has died. He was 84.
He died on Feb. 26 at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the website of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service. No cause of death was given.