John Frieda, the hairstylist behind Frizz Ease who worked with Princess Diana and the Beatles, dies at 75
NBC's obituary traces his path from his father's west London salon to a drugstore brand sold worldwide.
British hairstylist John Frieda has died at 75, according to a statement posted to his Instagram on Tuesday, Nov. 3, NBC News reports. The statement said he "passed away peacefully ... surrounded by his family" and called him "a true icon of the hair industry." The cause of death was not immediately clear.
Born in London in 1951, where his father owned a west London salon, Frieda told The Standard in 2012 that his father wanted him to become a doctor. He worked his way up the London scene, styling models for Vogue shoots, and went on to open salons in London, Los Angeles and New York. His clients included Princess Diana, Madonna, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the Beatles, Sarah Jessica Parker and Scarlett Johansson. In the 1990s he launched Frizz Ease, starting with a serum to tame frizzy hair; the line is now sold in drugstores and salons worldwide.
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John Frieda
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Wikipedia on the British hairstylist and founder of salon and hair-product businesses; the product business was bought by Japan's Kao Corporation in 2002.
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