Former astronaut Neil Armstrong is suing a barber for selling a snip of his hair to a collector. Marx Sizemore regularly cut Armstrong’s hair at his Lebanon, Ohio, barbershop, and decided to keep a lock. A year later, he sold it for $3,000 to a man who collects hair snippings from famous historical figures. The intensely private Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was infuriated. “I didn’t deny it or anything,” said Sizemore. “I told him I did it.” Sizemore agreed to try to buy the hair back, but told Armstrong the collector wasn’t selling. “Then I got this letter from his lawyer.”
NewMexiKen understands Armstrong’s irritation — clearly this is an invasion of his privacy — but I guess my solution (were I famous and if I had hair) would be to take my business elsewhere.
Looks like the barber rationalizing his deed as “one small snip for man …” just didn’t cut it.