If you were alive in the late Eighties/early Nineties, particularly if you lived in New York City, you were made acutely aware of the trauma of early hair loss by the avatar of alopecia, Sy Sperling. News out of Boca Raton this evening is that he has passed at the age of 78.

He’s about to head to the Pearly Gates, where we can imagine he’ll meet Yahweh/God. They have a few things in common: he’s not only the Universe President, he’s also a client.