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Michael Sands

1945 – 2012

American actor, model, and media consultant

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Lived 1945 – 2012 (aged 66). Michael Sands was an American model.

Michael Sands (December 14, 1945 – April 6, 2012) was an American fashion print model and actor turned media consultant, representing clients such as George Lazenby, Michael Reagan, Gary Devore, Mr. Blackwell, and Kevin Federline.

Biography Sands acted in various roles, including in the Dennis DeYoung Music Video "Don't Wait for Heroes," and frequently discussed celebrity images in the national media. Through producing CelebrityDoctor.co in the late 1990s, Sands pioneered the trend for live TV/web screenings of face-lifts, most famously with Arabella Churchill.

The book The CIA in Hollywood by Tricia Jenkins reports that Sands supported the CIA in establishing a presence in Hollywood in the mid-1990s and even assisted in the capture of Abu Abbas, the terrorist behind the hijacking of the MS Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985. Sands arranged for Abbas to be interviewed in Baghdad for a book and movie deal, and then gave the interview and Abbas's contact details to the FBI and CIA. US Special Forces captured Abbas in 2003.

In 2011 Sands was approached by the Utah family of Wassef Ali Hassoun over a $1m book and movie deal about the Marine corporal charged with desertion who allegedly faked his own kidnapping in Iraq.

Michael has one son, Nicholas Sands

Death On March 24, 2012, Sands started choking on free food sample in a Los Angeles deli. He was pronounced dead on the scene for five minutes, then revived and taken to Cedars Sinai hospital. At the hospital, Sands was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent inflammation of the brain. He died thirteen days later on April 6, 2012, at the age of sixty-seven.

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Who was Michael Sands?

American actor, model, and media consultant

When was Michael Sands born?

Michael Sands was born on 14 December 1945 in Boston.

When did Michael Sands die?

Michael Sands died on 6 April 2012 in Los Angeles.

What was Michael Sands's occupation?

Michael Sands was a model.

What nationality was Michael Sands?

Michael Sands was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Michael Sands

· Wikidata: Q6834126

· DBpedia: Michael Sands (media)

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