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So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

Vidal Sassoon

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
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Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
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