R.I.P. Legendary Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon Dies at 84
Posted by Media Outrage on May 9th, 2012
Legendary hairstylist Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84.
Vidal Sassoon, the legendary hairstylist, died of “apparent natural causes” at his Los Angeles home Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles police spokesman said. He was 84.
Police were called to Sassoon’s Bel Air home on Mulholland Drive at 10:30 a.m., spokesman Kevin Maiberger said.
“When officers arrived, there were family members at the residence,” Maiberger said.
Sassoon, a British native, spent several years as a young boy in a London orphanage after his father left and his mother could not afford to care for him.
Later, after his mother dreamed of her son being in a barber shop, she apprenticed him to a local barber. That began a career that saw him develop two classic hairstyles of the 1960s — the bob and the even shorter five-point cut — along with an eponymous hair care line, a range of hair care tools, and a chain of salons.
Mediaoutrage- His hard work and talent made him a house hold name for sure. R.I.P.
