Farrah Fawcett dies

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Farrah Fawcett dies at 62



Jun 25, 2009, 12:51 PM | by Pop Watch
Categories: Legacy, Movies, News, Television



Actress Farrah Fawcett died on June 25 in Los Angeles at the age of 62.
With her passing after a long battle with anal cancer, we lose one of
the quintessential symbols of post-feminist Hollywood, a definitive
pinup who somehow parlayed a delicate-flower demeanor and all-American
beauty into a 30-year career. “After a long and brave battle
with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," Fawcett's longtime
companion Ryan O'Neal said via a statement. "Although this is an
extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in
the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the
knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."As
it turned out, her bravest role of all was her final one: She shared
every brutally unglamorous step of her cancer treatment with the world
in the riveting NBC documentary Farrah's Story.
Perhaps most touchingly, the film gave its 9 million viewers a glimpse
of her extraordinary love affair with O’Neal, who has supported her
throughout treatment -- and even told Barbara Walters on a recent 20/20
that he’d finally asked her to marry him after nearly 25 years
together: “We will, just as soon as she can say yes.” Sadly, Fawcett
died before before the two wed.The former University of Texas sorority girl became an instant star when she sashayed onto Charlie’s Angels in 1976. (Her trademark poster -- shot pre-Angels
-- hit stores that same year, cementing her role as a sex symbol.)
Fawcett left the show after only one season, and, after a string of
big-screen flops, finally earned critical praise in the mid '80s with
the off-Broadway play Extremities and the NBC movie The Burning Bed. (Her role, as an abused wife, earned the actress her first Emmy nomination.)

In
1985, Fawcett -- divorced from Six Million Dollar Man
Lee Majors -- struck up her romance with O’Neal, and the two had a son,
Redmond James O’Neal. Throughout the next decade, she attracted plenty
of critical
praise for her on camera work, including 1997’s The Apostle and 2000’s Dr. T and the Women.
But she also engaged in her share of public foibles -- a
naked-body-painting layout in a 1995 Playboy, a famously addled appearance on David Letterman’s Late Show in 1997. She even tried to tell her own story in 2005 with the short-lived TV Land reality series Chasing Farrah, to roundly dismissive reviews.

In
2006, Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer. After undergoing
chemotherapy and radiation, the actress was cancer-free. Unfortunately,
doctors found the disease had returned in 2007. Even as her treatment resumed -- and family's drug battles continued to make headlines -- Fawcett managed to maintain an upbeat outlook. As Alana Stewart, friend and co-producer of Farrah's Story, told EW.com in April, "She’s always been positive. Her spirits have always been good throughout this ordeal." In lieu of flowers the family has asked that donations to support cancer
research be made to The Farrah Fawcett Foundation c/o P.O. Box 6478, Beverly
Hills, CA 90212. --Jennifer Armstrong (Additional reporting by Jeff Jensen, Dan Snierson, and Tim Stack)

While MJ may be a bigger star worldwide, I really think it's an insult to Farrah that everyone seems to have forgotten about her untimely death It's also sad to see that her and Ryan weren't able to get married before she died, too Rest In Peace Farrah.

I don't think it's that Michael Jackson was bigger. It's more of MJ's happened second so it's the last one to happen. Plus no one was expecting MJ's. She had cancer and it was going to happen eventually. I heard she was really fighting and had good spirits in the end. R.I.P Farrah Fawcett, the world lost two good people today.

^ Yeah, I agree with SOL there. RIP Farrah, cancer's a real bitch. =(

I didn't really know who Farrah was, but I heard that she had been fighting for a long time. It's sad to see that she tried and fought so hard to get rid of it, but eventually it still didn't change anything. R.I.P to Farrah, and my thoughts go out to her loved ones.

I don't think it's people forgetting about her, just that most weren't really aware of it. It's equally as sad, but as SOL said, people were kind of expecting it. It's sad to find out that she and her partner did not have the chance to get married though, I thought they did a couple of days ago.

RIP Farrah Fawcett.

RIP Farrah Fawcett