Personal Life
Sassoon married his first wife, Elaine Wood, in 1956; the marriage ended in 1958 when she left Sassoon for British water-skiing champion David Nations. In 1967, he married his second wife, actress Beverly Adams. They had four children: two daughters, Catya (1968–2002), an actress who died from a drug-induced heart attack, Eden (born 1973), and two sons, Elan (born 1970) and David. Sassoon and Adams divorced in 1980. His third wife was Jeanette Hartford-Davis, a dressage champion and former fashion model; they married in 1983 and divorced soon after. In 1992 he married designer Rhonda "Ronnie" Holbrook.
Sassoon was a lifelong fan of English Premier League club Chelsea and was close friends with many of the players in the 1960s and 1970s.
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