Celebrity hairstylist and Manson Family murder victim. He was born in Alabama and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan. He served in the US Navy for four years and was a veteran of the Korean War. While in the Navy, Sebring developed the hair styling skills that would make him famous. When he arrived in Los Angeles, Kummer began using the name Jay Sebring - the J for the first initial of his middle name and Sebring from the race car. As he was starting out in the industry, Sebring noted that there weren't many services available for men when it came to hair apart from the traditional barber. He set out to revolutionize the hair care industry by going beyond the barber, pioneering the industry of men's hairstyling. He taught others his men's hair care techniques as The Sebring Method, which went beyond just cutting hair. According to some accounts, he was the first person to open a male hair salon in the country, and his cutting-edge men's hair care style attracted big-name clients. At the request of Kirk Douglas, Sebring was the stylist for the movie "Spartacus." In 1960, Sebring married a model, Cami, but they divorced in 1965. In 1964, Sebring took martial arts lessons from master Bruce Lee. He took a tape of Bruce to producer William Dozier ("Batman"), and Dozier signed Lee to be on the TV show "Green Hornet," which made Bruce a household name. It was also in 1964 that Sebring met actress Sharon Tate at a Hollywood party, and they began dating. Upon Sebring's divorce, conflicting accounts abound about whether Sebring proposed to Tate, while others state that Tate wanted to get married, but Sebring was hesitant. The matter was decided when Tate went to London to film "The Fearless Vampire Killers" and fell for the movie's director, Roman Polanski. Tate called Sebring to break up, but Sebring insisted on meeting Polanski to decide if he was "good enough for her." Polanski gained Sebring's approval, and he stayed within the couple's tight circle of friends. Sebring opened a new salon in the summer of 1969 in San Francisco, financially backed, in part, by Abigail Folger of the Folgers coffee family. He also founded Sebring International, a company selling men's hair products. On August 9, 1969, Sebring, along with Sharon Tate, Wojciech Frykowski, and Abigail Folger, was murdered by members of the Manson Family cult at the home of Roman Polanski. His funeral was held on August 13, 1969. A feature-length documentary about his life was released in 2020.