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Famed fashion icon Vidal Sassoon dead at 84
 » Credited with creating a , "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the wedge bob
Due to the popularity of his styles, he was described as "a rock star, an artist, [and] a craftsman who 'changed the world with a pair of scissors.'"

Vidal shaped the hair business as we know it today, including the respect the profession can command, the artistry that can be expressed and the success that is possible - despite the celebrity, the travel, the fame and the fortune, for Vidal, it's always been about the hair (Behindthechair Magazine).

Vidal died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 of leukemia at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California.