Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 - 9 May 2012) was a British hairdresser. He was born in Hammersmith, London to Sephardi Jewish parents. He moved to New York in the late 1960s. He later moved to Los Angeles, California. Sassoon was married four times. The first three marriages ended in divorce. His second marriage was to Canadian actress Beverly Adams (born 1940). The couple had three children together and adopted another. Sassoon was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 and died at his Bel Air, Los Angeles home. His fourth marriage lasted until his death.

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  A group of children arrive at Brent station near Kingsbridge, Devon, after being evacuated from Bristol in 1940.*A group of children arrive on a platform at Brent station, near Kingsbridge, Devon after being evacuated from Bristol in 1940. The train on which they have travelled can be clearly seen alongside.

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  An underground bomb shelter in London during World War II

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  Goldie Hawn's bob cut in Cactus Flower (1969)

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  Sassoon Salon, Albion Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Taken on the afternoon of Monday the 4th July 2011.