During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.

In 1948 at the age of 20 he joined the Haganah (which shortly afterwards became the Israeli Defence Forces) and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War which began after Israel declared statehood. " Other celebrity hairstylists also commented on his death. Vidal: The Autobiography.

Vidal Sassoon CBE (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairdresser businessman and philanthropist. He is credited with creating a simple geometric "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style also called the wedge bob.