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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.

Vidal Sassoon

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
Born
Mount
Depression
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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