Loyalist students weigh in on moustaches

by Mike Morris

Two famous celebrities, one older and the other younger were considered having the best moustaches by Loyalist College students.

Movie star Burt Reynolds and television star Ashton Kutcher were the most commonly spoken names of famous people with moustaches.

“It’s classic,” said Investigative and Protective Services student Adam Lampureus, about Reynolds’ moustache. “Had it for years.”

Seventy-five year old Reynolds is the actor famous for his roles in Smokey and The Bandit and The Cannonball Run.

“That’s a pretty nice moustache,” said health student Brandy Louis, also about Reynolds.

“Ashton always has a nice one though,” said Alison March, about Ashton Kutcher.  Another student, Ashley Fergusson, also described Kutcher as having the best celebrity moustache.

Kutcher is remembered for his role on the 1990s sit-com That 70’s Show, and the host of the hidden camera show Punk’d.

QNet News asked people at Loyalist College about famous people with moustaches, as part of Movember, a very important time of the year. Movember is the global movement of men growing moustaches to raise awareness of prostate cancer, starting Nov. 1

Participants in Movember are called Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, for men and women respectively. Participants seek sponsorship. Movember funds given to participants go towards prostate cancer research. It also encourages private, and public, conversations about men’s health, especially its targeted illness.

Prostate cancer is the leading cause of death among male cancer victims. Some of the most famous people who died of prostate cancer include Bud Abbott, of Abbott and Costello; The Planet of The Apes star Charlton Heston; and television star Bill Bixby from The Incredible Hulk television series. According to Prostate Cancer Canada, 25,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year alone, and 4,100 men will die from the cancer.

To help combat the disease, Movember is in partnership with Prostate Cancer Canada. Movember now has 1.1 million participants. In 2010, nearly 119,000 Canadian Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board, raising $22.3 million CAD.