After 68 years, Clifton's Ozzie Chiarella to hang up his shears

Mar 26, 2018 726

BY: Matt Fagan

Hairstyles come and go, and eventually come back again. Clifton barber Osvaldo Chiarella should know. For 68 years he has cut hair — pretty much since he got off the boat from Italy in 1950. He's seen pompadours, D.A.'s, flat tops and Ivy League cuts wax and wane. On Saturday, Ozzie, as he's known, will close up his beloved Ozzie's Barber Shop for the last time. 

Not that he wants to retire. His mind is willing, and it is not that his body is weak. He drives every day from his Hasbrouck Heights home to his shop. Talk to the man, who seemingly never sits down, and the expression "86 years young" doesn't seem hackneyed. However, a pinched nerve in his spine numbs his hands, making work difficult, his son Robert said.

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SOURCE: https://www.northjersey.com

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