I was reading Neil Armstrong's Wikipedia page for some crazy reason (I'm actually trying to find this short film I watched years ago where he plays himself as an old man, sinking into dementia and telling everyone "I went to the FUCKING MOON.")Alas, It was not to be.
Instead, I found this totally bizarre tidbit:
Instead, I found this totally bizarre tidbit:
In May 2005 Armstrong became involved in an unusual legal battle with his barber of 20 years, Marx Sizemore. After cutting Armstrong's hair, Sizemore sold some of it to a collector for $3,000 without Armstrong's knowledge or permission. Armstrong threatened legal action unless the barber returned the hair or donated the proceeds to a charity of Armstrong's choosing. Sizemore, unable to get the hair back, decided to donate the proceeds to the charity of Armstrong's choice.
Who does that?
What kind of person saves a famous mans hair to sell it later, what kind of person ACTUALLY BUYS IT, and what kind of person makes a huge fuss about it?
"I have, in this sealed bag, the slowly decomposing hair of a man who walked on the moon half a century ago! And I only paid the price of a used car!"The best thing about this story? This incident happened in 2005. And here is a photo of what he looked like that year-
Would you pay $3,000 for a piece of that?
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