Brook Parsons:
CLASS OF 1970
Kennedy High SchoolClass of 1970
Bellmore, NY
Brook's Story
worked as a hairdresser for over 30 years, I worked for Vidal Sassoon(NYC)Elizabeth Arden , Kenneths,Saks- did the color makeover for the Sally Jessy Raphael Shoe along with Richard Pena(he did the haircuts)-I became an educator ,working for Nioxin,then Farouk Systems(the creator of biosilk,&most recently presented the Miss America Pagent) I I was very lucky to work with some of the most talented people in the industry.I travelled around the US,Canada&Europe.I stopped doing hair in 2003,decided to take a different career path-I worked as a BTO-Bridge&Tunnel Officer for 7months atthe VerazannoBridge-hated the job at age 55,I...Expand for more
had 2 massive heart attacks,2open heart surgeries(5bypasses&7stents)my lungs collapsed during surgery,leaving me in a coma for 4 months,&losing use of 1/2 of 1 lung-I am now on oxygen24/7,&am disabled-my wife was told I would not leave the hospital,I did,I still ride a motorcycle,am in anMC-The Golden Strikers .Some days are great, some not so good.I am Blessed to have a wonderful wife,who takes care of me. I still have some of my private clientele from Elizabeth Arden.Some of my work as a hairdresser has been published in Modern Salon april 2001,Italian Vogue2001,I had a lot of fun,kinda crazy life,but the haven't we all?
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