Posted on 06/25/2009 10:50:49 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
The 1970s did not lack for sex symbols. That, the ubiquitous Farrah Fawcett poster made sure of.
Fawcett, the feather-haired founding member of TV's Charlie's Angels and pin-up icon whose second act was marked by bids to showcase her acting chops and whose third act was marred by on- and off-screen problems, died this morning at a Los Angeles hospital, some two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with anal cancer. She was 62.
The actress passed away at 9:28 a.m. Ryan O'Neal, Fawcett's longtime leading man, and friend Alana Stewart with her, per a rep at Rogers & Cowan, Fawcett's publicity firm.
In an interview to air tonight on 20/20, O'Neal said he'd recently proposed to the ailing Fawcett, and that she'd accepted. The Love Story actor sounded certain the longtime unmarrieds would—finally—tie the knot.
"We will, as soon as she can say yes," O'Neal said. "Maybe we can just nod her head."
Fawcett, who in recent months had stopped receiving cancer treatment, talked frankly about her battle in Farrah's Story, a raw, camcorder-shot documentary that aired in May on NBC.
"I know that everyone will die eventually, but I do not want to die of this disease," Fawcett said in the film.
"I want to stay alive."
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Bye, Farrah. RIP.
That’s too bad. Having been a teen in the 70’s, I always wanted to look just like Farrah Fawcett! Being red haired and freckled kind of ruined that dream, though.
RIP Farrah.
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