In early photographs, the vain super-producer’s ‘do can barely be distinguished from the edgy-looking musicians he worked with.īefore his death, the 81-year-old was housed in a California prison health care facility for the state’s sick and mentally ill inmates. Spector later denied he was wearing hairpieces, according to Billboard - but his hair situation could no longer be disputed when the public got its first look at Spector’s booking mugshot in 2009.Ī 2013 picture of stringy long hair framed around his pale bald skull drew comparisons to the Gollum character in “The Lord of the Rings.”Īnd in a 2014 mugshot, the emaciated prisoner smiled wryly while sporting a wild long gray goatee and very little hair on his head. The record producer-turned-murderer became infamous for his eccentric courtroom coifs during his trials for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson - sporting garish wigs, including big frizzy perms as well as a platinum blond shaggy bowl cut. Photos document how Phil Spector - whose death at age 81 was announced Sunday - went from bizarre bouffants to certified bald guy while behind bars. at an unspecified hospital,' according to NBC News. Spector 'died of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. He was hailed in his heyday by Tom Wolfe as the First Tycoon of Teen.

Coming to prominence in the early 1960s, Spector became one of the most distinctive producers in the history of popular music. Debbie Harry talks sex, coke and rock ‘n’ roll in new memoir Phil Spector, a convicted murderer and music producer, died on Jan. Phillip Spector (Decem January 16, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

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