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.People Magazine, Michael Sands Will Do Anything – Even Take His Clothes Off – To Sell His Cakes and Cookies, 25th June 1984USA Today, Family remembers Reagan on anniversary, 6th June 2006St. Petersburg Times (Florida), "Dick Tracy' done with bold strokes, 16th May 1990Christopher Rocchio, Kristy Swanson arrested for assaulting Fox 'Skating' partner's ex-wife, Reality TV World, 18th June 2007China Daily, Britney Spears, K-Fed Divorce Settlement, 30th March 2007
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.Hollywood Life, Image Expert on Tiger Woods's Public PerformanceTime Magazine, Lohan's Release: How to Choreograph a Walk of Shame, 1st August 2010USA Today, Grading the star couples, 4th November 2005 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 New York Times Nip, Tuck, Click: Plastic Surgery on the Web Is Hip, 19th September 1999The New York Times, Now on the Web: Plastic Surgery for Voyeurs 19th September 1999
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.Tricia Jenkins, The CIA in Hollywood , University of Texas Press, 2012 p. 95 US Special Forces captured Abbas in 2003.Jane Sutton, Achille Lauro Hijack Organizer Held by U.S. in Iraq, Reuters
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.CBS News, Family of AWOL Marine Seeks Book Deal: Marine Corporal Charged with Desertion for Faking His Own Kidnapping; Family Wants to Clear His Name, 8th February 2011Deseret News, , 12th February 2011
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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External links Michael Sands's homepage