Man ‘with world’s longest hair’ dies

A VIETNAMESE man who died this week and whose hair was so long it resembled a boa constrictor, may have had the world’s longest mane.

The exact length of Tran Van Hay’s unwashed hair was unclear but the Vietnam News said it was 6.8 metres long (over 22 feet). The Thanh Nien daily said Hay’s locks were measured at 6.2 metres in 2006.

China’s Xie Qiuping is on record as having the world’s longest hair, measured at 5.6 metres in 2004, according to the website of Guinness World Records.