Trevor Sobie's famous clients from Lorraine Kelly to Helen Mirren as hairdresser to the stars dies

Trevor Sorbie, who was known for styling the hairsbreadth of the affluent and famous, has died astatine the property of 75 aft being diagnosed with bowel cancer, his squad said

Celebrity hairstylist Trevor Sorbie, famed for his iconic wedge chopped successful the 1970s and known for snipping the locks of stars similar Grace Jones, The Beach Boys, and Dame Helen Mirren, has passed distant astatine 75.

His proudest moments, however, stemmed from aiding those suffering from hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment owed to illness. Sorbie's household announced connected Instagram that he died "peacefully" with loved ones and his cherished canine by his broadside following a bowel crab diagnosis.

Born connected March 13, 1949, successful Paisley, Scotland, Sorbie faced bullying successful England which led him to permission schoolhouse aboriginal and commencement arsenic an apprentice successful his father’s barbershop. In 1979, helium launched his archetypal salon successful Covent Garden, London, yet expanding to Brighton, Bristol, Hampstead, Manchester, and Richmond.

A four-time British Hairdresser of the Year, Sorbie revolutionised hairdressing with trend-setting styles specified arsenic the wolf man, sculpture, and the wave, on with inventing a quick-drying method known arsenic the scrunch. His power extended to television, with appearances connected shows similar This Morning, The Wright Stuff, GMTV, and Mary Queen Of Shops, arsenic good arsenic mentoring connected Channel 4's Faking It alongside TV cook Gordon Ramsay.

The personage hairstylist opened up astir his illustrious career, which includes styling the locks of celebrated faces similar Chris Tarrant and Chesney Hawkes, arsenic good arsenic Olympic legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. Despite his galore accolades, Sorbie regards being honoured with an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II successful 2004 arsenic his "biggest accolade".

After starting to instrumentality a measurement backmost from salon enactment successful 2006, Sorbie began volunteering astatine Princess Alice Hospice successful Esher, Surrey. He shared with The Times however it "it truly unnerved" him erstwhile helium was asked to chopped a patient's wig for her wedding, knowing she mightiness not unrecorded until the ceremony.

"She died the adjacent day, but arsenic I unopen the doorway (after cutting her wig), I retrieve reasoning for the archetypal clip successful my life, ‘I’m not conscionable a hairdresser, I consciousness special’," helium reminisced. In 2009, Sorbie turned his attraction to his charity, My New Hair, which offers guidance connected wig styling, hairsbreadth loss, and regrowth post-treatment to patients and NHS staff.

"It was my idiosyncratic acquisition of helping a household subordinate during crab attraction that inspired the thought of My New Hair," helium explained connected the charity's website. Sorbie launched a complimentary wig customisation work for NHS patients suffering aesculapian hairsbreadth loss, including those undergoing chemotherapy, astatine his location done My New Hair successful 2018.

A twelvemonth later, helium told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs astir his plans to retire, though helium intended to proceed providing wig cuts for those who had mislaid their hair. Eventually, Tom Connell, the planetary creator director, took implicit the reins of the business, allowing Sorbie to dedicate himself to his charitable work.

Sorbie opened up connected a Sunday vigor amusement astir however a agelong conflict with slump and anxiousness led him to the brink of suicide, with media stories successful the mid-2000s taking an tremendous toll connected his intelligence health. He shared the profound interaction that adopting a favored had connected his well-being: "I work this nonfiction years agone and they said that anyone suffering with anxiousness and depression, the champion medicine is simply a dog."

Following the advice, helium expressed his heartfelt enslaved with his pet: "So I went and got a canine and you cognize what? It’s right. It’s truthful bully for me, that small boy." Sorbie spoke affectionately of the clip helium spends with his furry companion: "I person to spell retired for an hr walking and I perfectly adore this small boy."

Battling superior wellness issues, Sorbie revealed connected ITV’s This Morning successful October 2024 that helium was diagnosed with bowel crab which past dispersed to his liver. After a large cognition and facing the world of a terminal prognosis fixed successful June 2024, helium disclosed the limitations of further treatment: "maybe six" months was what helium was told owed to the cancer's proximity to an indispensable humor vas wherever country is nary longer viable. Determined to cherish his clip left, Sorbie vowed to walk it with his wife, Carole, and adjacent ones.

On apical of his idiosyncratic struggles, Sorbie has been a root of inspiration successful the hairdressing industry, crafting pivotal grooming manuals similar the 2005 Bridal Hair Book and 1998’s Visions In Hair. Recognising his contributions, the Fellowship for British Hairdressing established the Trevor Sorbie Award successful 2023, honouring originative and commercialized innovation.

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