After attending a New Year's party (2002) at a friend's house, eldest child Catya Sassoon suffered a fatal heart attack in her sleep following an overdose of Dilaudid.
Won beauty contests ("Miss Photogenic" at age 17 in a Burbank pageant) before becoming an actress.
Once worked as a head legal secretary at Los Angeles Superior Court.
Following her divorce from Vidal Sassoon in 1981, she went on to launch her own line of pet care products, "Beverly Sassoon Pet Care System".
Mother of adopted son David Sassoon born 1972
During her self-imposed retirement from acting, she published several books (as Beverly Sassoon) with her husband, including "A Year of Beauty and Health" with Simon and Schuster. She also served as a spokesperson for Vidal Sassoon, Inc.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Wayne and Tillie Adams, an American father and a Canadian mother, the family moved to Burbank, California when she was a child.