Hair Designer John Sahag Dies Of Cancer

Celebrity hair designer JOHN SAHAG - who has styled the tresses of such stars as [Brad Pitt](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/brad-pitt), [Jennifer Aniston](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/jennifer-aniston) and SARAH JESSICA PARKER - died of cancer yesterday (15JUN05). He was 51.

Born in Lebanon and raised in Sydney, Australia, Sahag moved to Paris at age 18 and soon received a credit in Italian VOGUE.

Having worked with a list of internationally renowned photographers - including RICHARD AVEDON, PATRICK DEMARCHELIER, [Helmut Newton](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/helmut-newton), IRVING PENN and ALBERT WATSON - he was also credited with giving actress [Kirsten Dunst](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/kirsten-dunst) her famous five-inch cropped cut, which he repeated on [Maggie Gyllenhaal](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/maggie-gyllenhaal).

Sahag, who launched his own product line in 1998, also did [Demi Moore](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/demi-moore)'s "boy cut" in 1990's [Ghost](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/ghost).

Other stars whose hair he once worked on include [Gwyneth Paltrow](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/gwyneth-paltrow), [Courteney Cox](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/courteney-cox) ARQUETTE, [Jennifer Lopez](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/jennifer-lopez), [Drew Barrymore](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/drew-barrymore), [Brooke Shields](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/brooke-shields), SANDRA BULLOCK, [Winona Ryder](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/winona-ryder) and [Bruce Springsteen](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/bruce-springsteen).

16/06/2005 03:07