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"Status Quo star Francis Rossi has had his ponytail chopped off after keeping the same style for the past 35 years. The guitarist told The Sun that he went for the change when his hair progressively thinned as he approached his 60th birthday. Rossi said: &amp;quot;It looked fabulous - I felt like a fashion icon! But in the past few years my hair has got so thin that there&amp;#039;s not enough to work into a decent ponytail. &amp;quot;A few weeks ago it dawned on me that I looked ridiculous. So I decided to forget about clinging to my youth and it was time to grow old gracefully. &amp;quot;When it came off I was horrified to look at these six inches of wizened grey strands. I realised I must have looked really stupid.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Samson lost all his strength when his hair was chopped off - I hope this doesn&amp;#039;t mean I&amp;#039;ve lost the ability to play my one chord!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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