Sassoon disinherits son: Before his death, shampoo mogul Vidal Sassoon disinherited his son in his will.
The adopted son of hair product mogul Vidal Sassoon was cut out of his father’s will entirely, it was reported.
Britain’s The Daily Mail said Sassoon, who died last year from leukemia and was worth at least $150 million, came up with a will months before his death. The portion of the will that covers around $8 million in the United Kingdom was recently released, while the United States portion has not yet been divided.
David Sassoon, 41, who was adopted in 1975 by Vidal at the age of 3, “and his issue are hereby disinherited and shall take nothing under this will, and for the purposes of the will, shall be deemed to have predeceased me, leaving no surviving issue,” an excerpt of the will reads, according to the Mail.
The will also cuts out three former wives, saying that of Sassoon’s millions, they will “take nothing.”
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According to The Times, Vidal Sassoon had not seen his son for 18 months at the time he wrote the will. In his autobiography, he said that “I walked away” from the relationship, describing it as “hopeless.”
Born in London in 1928, Sassoon grew up with humble beginnings in the city’s East End. He opened up his first hair salon in 1954.
His hairstyles include the geometric perm, the pixie haircut of the 1960s that was most famously worn by Mia Farrow, the “Nancy Kwam” hairstyle, the beehive, and others.
He later started his “Vidal Sassoon” line of hair products in the early 1970s.
“If you don’t look good, we don’t look good,” said an iconic tag line from one of his commercials.
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