What has Trevor Sorbie said about how long he has to live?

TREVOR Sorbie is the genius down immoderate of the astir iconic haircuts of each time, including Adam Ant and Bryan Ferry's hairdos.

Sadly helium was diagnosed with bowel cancer successful 2019 and shared, successful 2024, that his crab diagnosis had go terminal.

A heartbreaking diagnosis

Trevor was diagnosed with bowel cancer successful 2019, which helium said led to a "little panic attack".

He told the Mirror: "I mislaid a batch of humor 1 nighttime and was unusually disturbed truthful went to hospital.

"They told maine I had bowel crab and I had a small panic attack.

"I looked astatine Carole and she looked astatine me, we were some speechless, didn't cognize what to say.

"So I went and had a large gin and tonic."

The tumour was removed but, sadly, returned contempt determination lone beryllium a 5 per cent accidental of his crab returning.

Eventually, the disease dispersed to his liver.

In November 2024, helium shared connected This Morning that helium lone had "weeks to live" but said helium did not privation to acquisition chemotherapy.

Trevor antecedently told the Times: "Chemo mightiness springiness maine different period but I can't look immoderate much of that poison.

"When I asked a caregiver if I'd inactive beryllium present astatine Christmas, she said, 'We don't know, Trevor'."

Trevor's heroic work

Trevor is married to his spouse Carole, who has vowed to enactment him done his crab battle.

The mates met erstwhile Trevor was successful his fifties and they some tally a foundation unneurotic which supplies wigs for radical with cancer.

The charity, My New Hair, has been a passionateness task of Trevor's since 2009 and helium said it is the portion of his vocation that helium is astir arrogant of.

He told the Times: “I’ve chopped wigs for women truthful acold gone they can’t assistance their heads.

"You person to radiate empathy … ‘I’m going to assistance you. I’m going to marque you look good.’

"I’ve tried my champion each my beingness to marque women consciousness bully astir themselves.”

Superstar hairdresser

Trevor was calved connected March 13, 1949 successful Scotland, but moved to Essex erstwhile helium was conscionable 11-years-old.

He developed his emotion for styling people's hairsbreadth erstwhile helium worked successful his father's barbers successful Ilford.

The personage coiffeur opened his ain barbers astatine the property of 20, successful 1969, earlier becoming a stylist for Vidal Sassoon successful 1972.

He was made creator manager of the institution successful 1973.

Trevor created the wedge haircut; a short, groundbreaking hairstyle that became trendy successful nightclubs crossed the world.

Celebs began to flock to him for the latest en-vogue styles and his creator creations earned him the British Hairdresser of the Year Award.

He would spell connected to triumph this prize 3 much times earlier being appointed an MBE successful 2004.