Anthony Mason’s barber emotional about his friend’s death (Video)
By Robby Sabo
The man who was responsible for former Knicks forward Anthony Mason’s freshest haircuts, speaks very emotionally about his friend’s passing.
There are many adjectives and phrases that could be used about the life of the late Anthony Mason.
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He was a throwback basketball player playing in the last known “rough-house” era of the NBA – for the last known “rough-house” team in the New York Knicks.
He was also known for those fresh cuts he used to sport on a game-by-game basis.
Not only did New Yorkers highly anticipate their Knicks running out of the tunnel to face a Michael Jordan lead Chicago Bulls team on many occasions, but they also couldn’t wait until the newest words/design on the side of Mason’s head was revealed.
Rest in Peace to Anthony Mason. Not only a monster Knick but a style icon with his haircuts pic.twitter.com/cuDbgq51HZ
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) February 28, 2015
It seemed only a guy like Mason could pull this off, and the man behind those haircuts recently spoke to the New York Daily News about his client and friend’s sudden death at the age of 48.
Freddy Avila was the man behind so many Mason haircut masterpieces. Not only was Mason his client in his Jamaica, Queens barber shop, but he became one of his closest and dearest friends.
An emotional Avila spoke to the cameras about how he went to visit Mason the night before his death.
Anthony Mason had the illest haircuts in the 90s #rip pic.twitter.com/d0HD9tIQBu
— esprit de corps (@theologyuvages) February 28, 2015
Prayers for Anthony Mason...where many of us knicks fans in 90s had our haircuts like him!!! #prayformase 🙏 pic.twitter.com/O9BXlrVtqV
— JR's World Of Soul (@JrWorldOfSoul) February 11, 2015
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