Monday, 12 January 2009

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Alison Tay

You and I are gonna live forever

In memory of Brendan Sheehy

Brendan Sheehy 1973-2009

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I want to be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

Historically, super-sexy, scissor wielding, celebrity hairdressers have caused me a lot of heartache, and Brendan Sheehy was no different.

Originally from Oldham just outside Manchester, Brendan attended St Augustine of Canterbury Roman Catholic High School with Mark Owen from Take That, who became his first celebrity client, then went on to coiff rock royalty including Liam and Noel Gallagher.

I should be telling you he shot to stardom as a session stylist in New York, for the last 10 years, his one-off brand of fast-living, hell-raising, hard-rocking hairdressing set style trends on both sides of the Atlantic, and he’s just done the hair in the new Oasis video for band's next single Falling Down.

But instead, I got a call at the weekend telling me, “Brendan’s dead.”

He was 35.

We’re burying him on Thursday.

And may God let us meet again.