The photographs document how Phil Spector, whose death was announced on Sunday at the age of 81, went from bizarre donkeys to a certified bald man while behind bars.
The killer-turned record producer became famous for his eccentric shots of the room during the trials for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, wearing funny wigs, including big frizzy perms, as well as a cup of hair. platinum blonde.
Spector later denied wearing hair, according to Billboard, but her hair situation could no longer be disputed when the public first saw Spector’s reserve cup in 2009.
A 2013 image of long, curly hair framed around his pale bald skull made comparisons to Gollum’s character in “The Lord of the Rings.”
And in a 2014 cup, the emaciated prisoner smiled wryly as he wore a wild gray beard and very little hair on his head.
It wasn’t always like that. In the first photographs, the vain “superproducer” is barely distinguishable from the nervous-looking musicians he worked with.
Prior to his death, the 81-year-old was housed in a California prison health center for mentally ill and mentally ill inmates. Sources told TMZ that he died of complications from COVID-19.