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Vidal Sassoon came to London in May 2011 to promote the UK release of the documentary Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, directed by Craig Teper. Guardian film writer Andrew Pulver went to meet him. In an interview never heard before, Sassoon spoke passionately across a wide range of topics: from his difficult childhood growing up in the Jewish East End, through his early success as a fashionable hairdresser, and his later years as a entrepreneur and lifestyle guru.

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Celebrated hair and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84.

The veteran stylist passed away at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday following an unspecified illness.

He had reportedly been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2009, although it is not known if the condition played a part in his death.

Born in London, Sassoon became a style pioneer in the 1960s for creating a simple and sleek geometric haircut, which became known as the 'bob'.

He was also famous for chopping off actress Mia Farrow's long locks for her role in Roman Polanski's horror film Rosemary's Baby.

Sassoon opened hair salons around the world and sold his name to pharmaceutical firm Procter & Gamble to release a line of hair products.

He became the subject of 2010 documentary Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, which chronicled his life and career.

Model Erin O'Connor was one of the first stars to pay tribute to Sassoon on Twitter.com, writing, "Rip Vidal Sassoon. Inspired so many, myself included."...

Celebrated hair and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84.

The veteran stylist passed away at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday following illness, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Born in London, Sassoon became a style pioneer in the 1960s for creating a simple and sleek geometric haircut, which was quickly labelled the new version of the classic bob.

He was also known for chopping off actress Mia Farrow's long locks for her role in Roman Polanski's horror film Rosemary's Baby.

Sassoon opened hair salons around the world and sold his name to pharmaceutical firm Procter & Gamble to release a line of hair products.

He became the subject of 2010 documentary Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, which chronicled his life and career.

Vidal Sassoon, the famed British hairstylist, has been found dead at his Bel-Air home of apparent natural causes. He was 84. He admitted last year that he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 but had kept the news private. He was treated for the disease in Beverly Hills and the Cromwell Hospital in London.  A documentary on Sassoon, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, was released in 2011. The film prompted him to go on a speaking tour, which included meeting with hundreds of fans in movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles. It documented his rise in the London of the 1960s, inventing the famed "wedge" haircut and bringing architecture to hair for the first time. He had a close friendship with fashion designer Mary Quant, and they often worked in tandem. Later on, he became one of the first hairdressers with his name on a major product line, and there are now Vidal Sassoon salons all over the world. The Vidal Sassoon hair products empire is worth about $150 million.

Today, the La Times reports that the 84-year-old Vidal Sassoon has "died after an unspecified illness and that family were by his side. No further details were immediately available." In 2011, it was reported that Sassoon had been diagnosed with leukemia two years earlier,

As Richard Roeper said in his review of the 2010 documentary about the famed fashion icon, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, he "literally reinvented the way women look" with his wash-and-wear philosophy. See the trailer and review after the jump.

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The hairstyling master strikes a pose in Vidal Sassoon The Movie.

Vidal Sassoon: The Movie reveals how Vidal Sassoon has grown into far more than just a hairdresser. Today, he’s considered a kind of rock star, an artist, a craftsman who changed the way the world appreciates hairstyles.

With the renowned geometric, Bauhaus-inspired hairdos he pioneered in the 1960s (remember Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby?) and his “wash and wear” philosophy that liberated generations of women from the “tyranny” of the salon, Sassoon revolutionized the art of hairstyling and left an indelible mark on popular culture.

Directed by first-time feature filmmaker Craig Teper, this 2010 documentary film traces the life and career of Sassoon (now 83 years old), the self-made man whose passion and perseverance took him from an orphanage in London to the absolute pinnacle of his craft.

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Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom

(February 2011)

Directed by: Craig Teper

Featuring: Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon, as it turns out, is not just a line of hair-care products. It’s not just the name of an expensive salon in New York and London. Not just a hairstyling school in your nearest major city. It’s a man. An 83-year-old man who, perhaps thanks to his three years of elocution lessons to rid him of his Cockney accent, is well spoken and charming. He is also still somewhat bewildered by the narrative of his life spent working with hair.

That’s a fair reaction for a Jewish boy who was placed in an orphanage during the Great Depression and began cutting hair at the age of 14 during WWII, right in the crosshairs of all the action in London and the threat of Nazism. He was essentially a frustrated architect who turned to hair...

Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom

(February 2011)

Directed by: Craig Teper

Featuring: Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon, as it turns out, is not just a line of hair-care products. It’s not just the name of an expensive salon in New York and London. Not just a hairstyling school in your nearest major city. It’s a man. An 83-year-old man who, perhaps thanks to his three years of elocution lessons to rid him of his Cockney accent, is well spoken and charming. He is also still somewhat bewildered by the narrative of his life spent working with hair.

That’s a fair reaction for a Jewish boy who was placed in an orphanage during the Great Depression and began cutting hair at the age of 14 during WWII, right in the crosshairs of all the action in London and the threat of Nazism. He was essentially a frustrated architect who turned to hair...

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Opening this Friday in NYC, director Craig Teper's doc reveals the visionary behind a global hair empire - and his rags to riches rise to the top. Music had The Beatles, fashion had Mary Quant, and when hairdressing was due for a revolution, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon was it. Best known for his Bauhaus-influenced bobs and sleek salons, Sassoon is an international hairstyling staple who is heralded as the Einstein of his industry. It was his geometric cuts that modernized women's hair, saving them from tedious hours at dowdy salons. Though his hairstyling legacy still thrives around the world, much less is known about Sassoon's fascinating journey to the top. In his directorial debut, Craig Teper takes a euphoric look at Sassoon's rags to riches rise. Employing vintage footage to modern-day conversations with family, colleagues and the charismatic, 81-year-old master himself, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie is ultimately a captivating cross-section of an inherent artist.

Sneak Peek the poster supporting director Craig Teper's upcoming documentary "Vidal Sassoon: The Movie" :

"...'Vidal Sassoon: The Movie' is a true rags-to-riches tale, tracing Sassoon's path from a London orphanage to international success and celebrity. Producer Michael Gordon, founder of hair care company Bumble and bumble, first set out to document Vidal's life in a richly visual book about icons in the world of hairdressing. What started as an 80th birthday tribute to Sassoon became a movie when Gordon brought on director Craig Teper.

"While chronicling the fashion, style and social revolutions of the 1960s, 'Vidal Sassoon: The Movie", shows how Sassoon revolutionized the world of hair with his pioneering, geometric, Bauhaus-inspired styles and 'wash and wear' philosophy, literally changing the way women look and cut their hair today..."

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Phase 4 Films has announced the acquisition of U.S. rights to Craig Teper's "Vidal Sassoon: The Movie," promoted as "a portrait of how one extraordinary man changed the world with a pair of scissors." An early 2011 theatrical release is being planned for the film, which had premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. "People will connect with Vidal Sassoon's personal story. He's a man from humble beginnings whose hard work ...