The statement continued by remembering Frieda as far more than simply a successful hairstylist.

“John was more than a mentor to us; he was a true icon of the hair industry.”

His salon team said his talent, passion and influence had touched countless lives and promised that his legacy would continue through the people he had trained and inspired.

A cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

Born Alan Howard Frieda in Middlesex, England, in 1951, Frieda grew up surrounded by hairdressing.

His father operated a salon, while his grandfather had worked as a barber.

Frieda initially helped around his father’s business, although his father reportedly hoped he would pursue medicine instead.

Frieda had other ideas.

He later joked that part of his motivation for becoming a hairdresser was simply to escape studying, but what began as a practical career choice eventually revealed an extraordinary natural talent.

He joined London’s prestigious House of Leonard salon, where he worked under renowned hairstylist Leonard Lewis.

It was there that Alan Frieda became John Frieda.

Another employee at the salon was already named Alan, so he adopted John instead — the name that would eventually become internationally recognized.

His ability quickly attracted attention.

Before long, Frieda was styling hair for leading fashion publications including *British Vogue* and *Harper’s Bazaar*.

Then came the celebrities.

Over the course of his career, Frieda worked with some of the most recognizable figures in fashion, film, music and royalty.

His clients included Princess Diana, Madonna, Twiggy, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Gwyneth Paltrow.

He also worked with music legends including Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney.

One hairstyle in particular helped establish Frieda as a major creative force.

In 1976, he created the famous “Purdey” haircut worn by Joanna Lumley in *The New Avengers*.

The short, sharply layered hairstyle became a phenomenon, with women reportedly going into salons and asking for the same look.

That year also marked another major turning point.

At only 25, Frieda opened his first salon.

His reputation continued growing, and his salon business eventually expanded internationally, with locations in London, New York and Los Angeles.

But Frieda’s greatest commercial success would come from bottles rather than salon chairs.

During the 1980s, he partnered with American haircare executive Gail Federici to create professional-style products that ordinary consumers could use at home.

Their breakthrough was Frizz-Ease.

Launched in 1988, the product was designed to control frizz and quickly became a major hit, especially in the United States.

The company later expanded with additional ranges, including Sheer Blonde, which arrived in 1998.

What had started with one London hairdresser had become an international beauty brand.

In 2002, Frieda and Federici sold the John Frieda haircare business to Japanese cosmetics company Kao in a deal valued at approximately $450 million.

Frieda retained ownership of several salons after the sale.

Despite the enormous business success attached to his name, colleagues frequently remembered Frieda first as a creative hairstylist and mentor.

Cetera Lamb, creative director at his London salon, described him after his death as a true legend and maverick whose influence stretched across five decades.

Tributes also came from people who had known Frieda long before his name became a global beauty brand.

Model and television personality Jo Wood recalled meeting him when she was only 16 and he was still working as an assistant at Leonard’s salon.

She remembered him warmly and described news of his death as deeply sad.

Away from his professional life, Frieda was also known for his high-profile marriage to Scottish singer Lulu.

The pair married in 1977 and had a son, Jordan, before divorcing in 1991.

Frieda later married Frances Avery Agnelli.

His family remained central to his life, and his salon’s announcement emphasized that he was surrounded by loved ones when he died.

His death brings an end to one of the most remarkable careers in modern British hairdressing.

Frieda began as a young assistant in a London salon.

He became a stylist trusted by royalty, supermodels, Hollywood actresses and rock legends.

He created hairstyles copied around the world.

Then he transformed his professional knowledge into one of the best-known haircare brands of its era.

By the time his company was sold for hundreds of millions of dollars, the name John Frieda no longer belonged only above salon doors.

It had become a household name.

Yet those closest to him are remembering more than the businessman behind a beauty empire.

They are remembering the mentor, friend and creative force who spent more than half a century shaping an industry.

John Frieda was 75.

His influence lives on in the salons he created, the professionals he mentored, the hairstyles that helped define different eras, and the products that still carry his name around the world.

Rest in peace, John Frieda.