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toddmorey • yesterday at 8:05 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Always exuded so much authority & confidence. What a legend.

But he start losing his hair at 17 and really struggled with it. A turning point came when a friend (a Hungarian judo black belt) and his wife wrestled him down and physically cut off his toupée with scissors.

His agent even had him do the Star Trek audition in a wig, but luckily the crew had better ideas.


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InsideOutSanta • yesterday at 8:25 PM

I found this clip of him talking about his teens and his hair, sadly on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/teamcoco/videos/sir-patrick-stewart...