Toby Sheldon, Justin Bieber Look-alike, Found Dead

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Toby Sheldon, the man who became a celebrity for spending $100K+ on surgery to look like Justin Bieber, was found dead, the celebrity website TMZ reported today.

"We're told Toby's body was found in a Motel 6 in the San Fernando Valley on August 21. He has been reported missing since August 18.

"Law enforcement tells TMZ, police found drugs in the room but it's unclear how he died."

TMZ went on to say that the Los Angeles Police Department "said the disappearance may have been triggered by a breakup with his boyfriend.

"The 35-year-old had appeared on the shows 'Botched' and 'My Strange Addiction.' "

Radar.com reported that "Sheldon, a Los Angeles songwriter, has had chin reduction and eyelid surgery, multiple hair transplants and face filler procedures to look like the teen idol.

"He told the Daily Mail in 2013, 'Once Justin shot to fame his face was everywhere and all I kept thinking when I saw his picture was, 'I want to look like him.'

"It took three transplants and a total of $21,000 to accurately lower my hair line, close off my temples and grow back my bangs," he added.

The reason why he did the surgery had less to do with Bieber but to deal with his thinning hair at the age of 23. "However once the then pre-pubescent Justin hit the big-time in 2008, he then decided to transform his face to look like the star," the Mail reported.

He said on the show "Botched": "What brought me to Bieber was the whole package: The full cheeks, the full temples, the bright open eyes, the full luscious lips, and spatial framing... [Justin's] just extraordinarily beautiful.'"


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