Very sad news today … Farrah Fawcett, our beloved Charlie’s Angel, lost her battle with cancer today and sadly passed away just a short while ago. As some of you may be aware, Farrah was diagnosed with anal cancer three years ago and really took a turn for the worse in the last few months after the disease spread to her liver. It is my sad duty to pass along the report that Farrah has died at the age of 62:
Farrah Fawcett, whose stunning looks and blinding smile made her a pop icon of the 1970s, has died. She was 62. Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, says Fawcett died Thursday morning in a Santa Monica hospital. Her 2 1/2-year battle with cancer was depicted in the TV documentary “Farrah’s Story.” She burst on the scene in 1976 as one-third of the crime-fighting trio in TV’s “Charlie’s Angeles.” A poster of her in a clingy swimsuit sold in the millions. She left the show after one season but had a flop on the big screen with “Somebody Killed Her Husband.” She turned to more serious roles in the 1980s and 1990s, winning praise playing an abused wife in “The Burning Bed.”
I understand that Farrah passed away at 9:28AM PT earlier today in the ICU ward at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica, CA. Ryan O’Neal was at her bedside. This is such sad news … expected but so very sad. I absolutely remember Farrah from her stint on the hit 70′s/80′s TV series Charlie’s Angels but was most touched by her stunning performance in The Burning Bed. I was very young when I saw that movie about spousal abuse and it had a profound effect on me. It is always sad when someone passes away but to lose someone as pop culturally iconic as Farrah Fawcett seems especially tragic. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family … she will be sorely missed.
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RIP Farrah :(
That is horrible news. She was a rockstar.
Aww. ;’(
Such a tragic story. I just wish she and Ryan had been able to get married before her passing.
RIP Farrah. You surely will be missed.
She is in a better place. Prayers go out to her family and friends. She will be missed. I do too wish she could have married Ryan.
Sad news. I still remember her from the tv miniseries “Small Sacrifices” when I was a kid. That was my first exposure to her and I will never forget how riveted I was by her character.
Rest In Peace my dear….
Although this was expected, it is still very shocking and sad. She was an icon. I agree with you Meghan, she was terrific as Diane Downs in “Small Sacrifices”. Such a terrible loss. :(
Very sad news:( It is unfortunate that her son was in jail at the time of her passing. Hopefully he will take his mothers passing and the fact that he was not able to be there as motivation to stay clean. Farrah’s suffering is over and her memory will live on…RIP
blessings and tears from over here, too! she fought a valiant battle with honor and dignity!
NOOO! RIP Farrah!!
:( It’s surprising. I hope she went peacefully.
Trent, thank you for having class and not splattering her private life’s drama concerning Ryan and their son. You have true class.
thats really sad :(
hope she’s up there with the angels now.
soo terribly sad… my prayers go out to her loved ones… R.I.P
How sad.
RIP.
With her passing I suddenly feel much older, more sad, and a little more breakable.
Ohhhh No, R.I.P Farrah. Condolences to her family.
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I have a relative fighting cancer right now… and somehow believed Farrah was going to beat the odds… that somehow they would find a cure… so sad right now. Seriously, in tears at my desk. RIP Farrah – you fought a brave brave battle and inspired so many.
I’m with you Billy.
She really is an angel now.