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Vidal Sassoon
Hairdresser
Male
Born
Jan 17, 1928
Hometown
Hammersmith
Died
May 9, 2012
Nationality
British
Vidal Sassoon, CBE was a British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the wedge bob. Due to the popularity of his styles, he was described as "a rock star, an artist, [and and] a craftsman… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1928
Birth
Born on January 17, 1928.
TWENTIES
1948
20 Years Old
In 1948, at the age of 20, he joined the Haganah (which shortly afterwards became the Israeli Defence Forces) and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which began after Israel declared statehood.
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1956
28 Years Old
Sassoon married his first wife, Elaine Wood, in 1956; the marriage ended in 1958 when she left Sassoon for British water-skiing champion David Nations.
THIRTIES
1963
35 Years Old
In 1963, Sassoon created a short, angular hairstyle cut on a horizontal plane that was the recreation of the classic "bob cut."
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FIFTIES
1980
52 Years Old
Sassoon and Adams divorced in 1980.
Vidal Sassoon sold his US$113 million-a-year company in 1983 to Richardson-Vicks.
1985
57 Years Old
The company was bought over by Procter & Gamble in 1985, whom he sued in 2003 for breach of contract and fraud in federal court for apparently neglecting the marketing of his brand name in favour of the company's other hair product lines such as Pantene.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2002
74 Years Old
In 2002, the chain of Vidal Sassoon salons was sold to Regis Corporation.
2004
76 Years Old
By 2004, it was reported that Sassoon was no longer associated with the brand that bears his name.
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2009
81 Years Old
Sassoon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
2011
83 Years Old
In June 2011 it was reported that Sassoon had been diagnosed with leukaemia two years earlier, and was receiving treatment in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A. and London, U.K. He died on 9 May 2012 at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles.
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2012
84 Years Old
Died on May 9, 2012.
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