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    Gadhafi was looks-conscious until the end

    (AP Images)Thursday brought to an abrupt end the months-long hunt for Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi. But as authorities seek to piece together a timeline of his final moments, some striking reminders of his extravagant lifestyle have emerged.

    The Washington Post reports Friday that when investigators performed DNA testing on Gadhafi's body, they learned that the vainglorious strongman was wearing a wig. Interim Prime Minster Mahmoud Jibril told the Post that an autopsy team took samples of Gadhafi's blood, saliva and hair--and soon discovered that the hair did not actually belong to the former dictator. Gadhafi's body is now at a mosque outside of Sirte.

    The former dictator was known for his vanity--in March, a Brazilian plastic surgeon came forward with an account of a four hour cosmetic procedure he'd performed on Gadhafi in 1995. "He told me that he had been in power for 25 years at that time, and that he did not want the young people of his nation to see him as an old man," Dr. Liacyr Ribeiro told the AP. "I recommended a facelift, but he refused." Gadhafi received hair plugs and had fat from his belly injected into his face to counteract the appearance of aging. The operation occurred in the middle of the night in Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli. He insisted on local anesthesia, so he could remain awake during the procedure; midway through the surgery, he paused to snack on a hamburger.

    Gadhafi's hair, real or fake, was a signature. In a 2009 piece anointing the dictator a style icon, Vanity Fair said that Gadhafi's tonsorial look betrayed the influence of wild-maned rock impresario Phil Spector. The magazine put together a slide show of the dictator's fashions--a "homage to a sartorial genius of our time."

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    • andy  •  Burlington, United States  •  5 mths ago
      who cares? why is this on yahoo?
    • Avelina Colendres  •  Tripoli, Libya  •  6 mths ago
      we just pass ones in this world
    • thomas  •  7 mths ago
      Half way through reading this, I also paused to snack on a hamburger.
    • Jimi  •  7 mths ago
      For awhile I was afraid they had captured Carlos Santana!
      • A Yahoo! User 7 mths ago
        hah! i thought it was santana
      • JJ 7 mths ago
        Gadhafi was and still is better looking, even in death
      • WGAF 7 mths ago
        Thanks for the "belly laugh"!
    • Thomas G  •  Makati City, Philippines  •  7 mths ago
      Live by the sword you die by the sword! End of story!
      • James W 7 mths ago
        Right to the point!!! All these posts with their "screwball philosophy" are bunk. You got the message across in a few words.
      • A Yahoo! User 7 mths ago
        You are an idiot! He was created by the west! did something stupid then the west got rid of him!
    • Me, Esquire  •  7 mths ago
      I've never heard of a politician who wasn't vain. This isn't news.
      • Yaj Nettihw 7 mths ago
        Yeah, it should be posted on Yahoo's OMG pages instead. Not that world news differs drastically nowadays...
      • Wally 7 mths ago
        Err, Gerald Ford. He once said about himself "I am just a Ford, not a Lincoln"
      • canuck 111 7 mths ago
        You hit the nail on the head. As for Ford come on the guy was the Sarah Palin of his days. Nothing he said made sense and the guy had trouble standing up. Then again maybe it was contact high from Bette
    • BeelDiablo  •  St. Louis, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Good grief, I hope they don't start shooting ugly people everywhere. Alot of us might be in trouble.
    • SeanY  •  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  •  7 mths ago
      There is an old saying "you know what you have, you know not what you getting" let's hope the next Libyan leader is not worst.
    • Jan  •  7 mths ago
      I just wish people who defend terrorist thugs who live lavishly while their people suffer would go live in that country for a year or two. Then come back and defend his "honor."
    • JoeMannMachuPicchu  •  Spartanburg, United States  •  7 mths ago
      I viewed the horrific last moments of his horrific life - it was so befitting of a ruthless dictator to die and at the same time, it was a sad pathetic commentary of the human race regressing backwards to the animal stage.
      Moammar Gadhafi died much the same way Benito Mussolini and his wife did - dictators should take many history courses to remind them what will happen to them - if they do not change theirs ways - I hope Syria's brutal dictator Assad is taking notes.
    • sayhitnice  •  7 mths ago
      The video of his death was shocking. I believe that the people who did this to him were acting in pent-up rage that hadn't had an outlet for over 20 years... People like him and other dictators like him attract violence and death to themselves.
    • Terrie Wilson  •  Ontario, United States  •  7 mths ago
      i do not condone any of the brutal acts he perpetrated on his people...nor do i condone the way he was killed and his death celebrated..we are supposed to be better than he was
    • Tilly  •  Cape Town, South Africa  •  7 mths ago
      Beyonce and Mariah Carey performed for Gaddaffi despite being warned that he is a dictator who stole money from his own people. I wonder how they feel now. Maybe they'll write him a farewell song.
    • Priya  •  7 mths ago
      Politics is a dirty game. The leaders of the West were shaking hands and posing for photos with the "man in shades" as recently as 2009. Then he was "king" to them. Now he is "dog" to them. To many of his people, he was a brutal dictator, for a long, long time... even while the leaders of the world were buddying upto him... go figure....
      Oh....and the wig.....who cares!!
    • Michael Thole  •  Harare, Zimbabwe  •  7 mths ago
      who is next?
    • Thurston  •  Coeur D'alene, United States  •  7 mths ago
      This just in!! - Moammar Gadhafi and Generalissimo Francisco Franco are still critically DEAD!!...
    • S10Electric  •  7 mths ago
      So does that mean that Occidental petroleum gets the assets back that Libya nationalized in the 70's?
    • ALIENS TO EARTHLINGS  •  7 mths ago
      Funny how Dale talks about other peoples balls, being gay or lesbian, he must not be getting any :(
    • Eric  •  Atlanta, United States  •  7 mths ago
      next!!!
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