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Farrah Fawcett Dies

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Farrah Fawcett, the blonde-maned actress whose best-selling poster and "Charlie's Angels" stardom made her one of the most famous faces in the world, has died. She was 62.

Fawcett, who checked into a Los Angeles, California, hospital in early April, had been battling anal cancer on and off for three years.

Ryan O'Neal, Fawcett's romantic partner since the mid-1980s, recently told People magazine that the sex symbol was declining.

"She stays in bed now. The doctors see that she is comfortable. Farrah is on IVs, but some of that is for nourishment. The treatment has pretty much ended," he said in a story posted May 7.

Fawcett's cancer journey has been documented in a television special partly shot by the actress. Fawcett began shooting "Farrah's Story," by taking a camera to a doctor's appointment. Eventually, the film expanded to include trips overseas in hopes of treating the cancer.

The documentary aired on NBC on May 15.

Fawcett's beauty -- her gleaming smile was printed on millions of posters -- initially made her famous. But she later established herself as a serious actress. She starred as a battered wife in the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed." She appeared on stage as a woman who extracts vengeance from a would-be rapist in William Mastrosimone's play "Extremities."

She reprised the "Extremities" role on film in 1986. Other Fawcett films include "Logan's Run" (1976), "Saturn 3" (1980), "The Cannonball Run" (1981), "The Apostle" (1997) and the Robert Altman-directed "Dr. T and the Women" (2000).

To many, Fawcett will always be best known for her red-swimsuited image on the pinup poster, which sold a reputed 12 million copies after its release in 1976.

Fawcett was a model best known for bit parts, commercials and as "Six Million Dollar Man" actor Lee Majors' wife when she shot the poster in early 1976 at the behest of Pro Arts, a Cleveland, Ohio, company.

Photographer Bruce McBroom placed Fawcett -- then known as Farrah Fawcett-Majors -- in the Indian blanket-draped front seat of his 1937 Chevy and snapped away. Fawcett did her own hair -- a long, tousled cascade of blonde locks -- picked out the red bathing suit and chose the frame later used for poster, according to a story in the Toronto Star.

The poster, with Fawcett's million-dollar smile front and center, became a sensation.

Soon after the photo shoot, Fawcett was asked to join the cast of a new Aaron Spelling TV show, "Charlie's Angels," about a trio of female detectives who work for a mysterious man named Charlie, whose only appearance in the show was through his voice (supplied by John Forsythe).

Fawcett, who played Jill Munroe, was the last to be cast. Co-star Kate Jackson was the known name at the time, but thanks to her poster, Fawcett became the breakout star.

The highly rated TV series kicked off what came to be known as "jiggle TV," series full of pretty actresses who appeared in bikinis at the drop of a hat.

"Denunciations of 'massage parlor television' and 'voyeurism' only brought more viewers to the screen, to see what the controversy was about," wrote Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh about "Charlie's Angels" in their indispensable reference, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows."

ABC's "Three's Company" and CBS's "The American Girls" were among the shows that immediately followed, and shows such as "Baywatch" owe "Charlie's Angels" a debt.

But Fawcett didn't stay with "Angels" long. At the end of the first season, unhappy with her contract, she left the show and was replaced by Cheryl Ladd.

Fawcett's career stagnated for a time after "Charlie's Angels." She appeared in a handful of forgettable films and divorced Majors.

But her career received a major boost with her starring role in "The Burning Bed," a 1984 TV movie co-starring Paul Le Mat. Fawcett played an abused wife who sets fire to her husband's bed as he lies sleeping. Fawcett received an Emmy nomination for her performance.

Fawcett also became romantically involved with O'Neal around this time. The pair had a son, Redmond, in 1985.

In recent years, Fawcett has appeared sporadically in the public eye. She posed nude for Playboy in 1995. In 1997, she appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman," an interview that became notorious for Fawcett's apparent incoherence. She later said she was just having fun with Letterman.

She reunited with her "Charlie's Angels" co-stars, Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, for an awards show in 2006.

Fawcett was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1942. She married Majors in 1973; they divorced nine years later.

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
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Given she had caner, this isn't a huge surprise, but nonetheless...wow.
 
I just heard the news ,I am pretty sad about this, I am a huge Charlie's Angel's and it makes me so sad. RIP Farrah.
 
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Did Ryan O'Neal and she get to tie the knot?
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I don't believe so. None of the stories mention it, anyway. Though a few mention O'Neal wanting to as soon as he could actually say accept, and even O'Neal's final words to her, none seem to mention any marriage occurring.
 
The tying of the knot didn't happen sadly. :(

Anyway, I hope she rests in peace. :'(
 
We love you, Farrah. May your soul be lifted into heaven. Rest in peace.
 
Man that stinks! She was the only cool Charle's Angel!
 
I can personally feel for her, Ryan, and Redmond, as I am the son of a man, at this point, losing his fight with skin cancer, and for those of you who don't know, melanoma is one the most aggressive cancers that can exist, and Farrah lost to one of the rarest. Cancer is just one of the most irrational things in this world!!

Anal Cancer, as reported by Barabara Walters, only affects 5,000+- people in America. How could anyone take that? The rarest? And she lost? How is that fair? Yes, we are also listening to Michael Jackson's death simultaneously, but at least he only had pain for probably ten seconds, at the most, whereas Farrah has been hurting for years, with a mind that wants to infinitely fight for her body. As a result of being so close to someone terminal from cancer, I have to say that no one out of that category can possibly understand the pain that Ryan must have been feeling, and the pain that Farrah must've been in. Yes, people can say things like "Farrah must be in so much pain.", but it doesn't even dent.
Don't get me wrong. I know as much about Michael Jackson as I do Farrah Fawcett, which really is not much. In respect to death, I have equal respect for Michael, as well as Farrah; I just have more care towards farrah because this is somewhat personal for me. The woman that Ryan O' Neel so dearly loved has died, just as the man that I was called as "His Buddy", will soon pass away soon, and what I feel now, is the worst thing I have ever felt in my entire life.....
 
I had no idea she had cancer until yesterday. '_' Aw, that's so sad.
 
Even though we knew it would happen, its still sad. Its sad when anyone dies. I hope she rests in peace
 
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