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Neil Armstrong and the Stolen Lock of Hair

The Smoking Gun reports on the heinous crime committed by former Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong's barber. Apparently, Armstrong went in for a haircut one day and the devious barber stole a lock of his hair, which he sold for $3,000.00. Now, Armstrong wants his hair back.

Former Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong is threatening to sue an Ohio barber who once cut his hair and then sold the locks to a collector. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is steamed at Marx Sizemore, who peddled the shorn hair for $3000 last May. Now, according to the below May 17 letter from Armstrong's attorney, the ex-astronaut wants Sizemore to retrieve the hair or contribute his proceeds from the sale to charity (Armstrong also wants to be reimbursed for his legal expenses). Ross Wales, Armstrong's lawyer, contends that the 35-year-old Sizemore's tonsorial hijinks violated a state law protecting the "persona rights" of famous Ohioans. Sizemore, who used to cut Armstrong's hair monthly at his Lebanon shop, told TSG that he did not initiate the hair sale, but rather was approached by Todd Mueller, a Colorado memorabilia dealer.

The barber is an idiot. This is Neil Armstrong, for Pete's Sake! He has The Right Stuff. He commanded Apollo 11. He was the first human to walk on the Moon! Clearly, the DNA extracted from his hair sample could have been sold for much more than $3,000. We don't know what this country is coming to -- clearly, our educational system is sorely lacking in the sciences....oh yeah, in ethics, too.

Posted on June 1, 2005

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