CINCINNATI, June 1, 2005
Space Pioneer's Hair-Raising Gripe
Neil Armstrong Miffed After Barber Sells Astronaut's Cut Hair
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Neil Armstrong commanded NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969. (AP)
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Marx Sizemore, owner of Marx's Barber Shop, May 29, 2005, in Lebanon, Ohio. Neil Armstrong, used to come to Sizemore's shop about every month for a trim. (AP)
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Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, used to go to Marx's Barber Shop in Lebanon, Ohio about once a month for a cut. That stopped when he learned that owner Marx Sizemore had collected his hair clippings from the floor and sold them in May 2004 to a collector.
"I didn't deny it or anything," Sizemore said. "I told him I did it."
Sizemore said Armstrong asked him to try to retrieve the hair, but the buyer did not want to give it back.
"I called Neil back and told him that," Sizemore said. "Then I got this letter from his lawyer."
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