Sassoon died on January 1, 2002 at the age of 33 after attending a New Year's Eve party at a friend's house. Following toxicological reports,
it was discovered that an overdose hydromorphone and
cocaine triggered a fatal heart attack.
Sassoon had three children: twin daughters, Mycca and Skye, born in the spring of 2000, and a son, London, born in 1995.