Farrah Fawcett passes at 62

[McLaren]

Fellow Texan Farrah Fawcett passed away today at 62 after a losing battle to cancer.

Farrah Fawcett, who skyrocketed to fame as one of a trio of impossibly glamorous private eyes on TV's Charlie's Angels, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 62.

Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST on Thursday at St. John’s Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif. She was with longtime partner Ryan O'Neal, friend Alana Stewart, friend and hairdresser Mela Murphy and her doctor Lawrence Piro. She had recently returned to St. John's for treatment of complications from anal cancer, first diagnosed three years ago.

"She's gone. She now belongs to the ages," O'Neal tells PEOPLE. "She's now with he mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much. She was in and out of consciousness. I talked to her all through the night. I told her how very much I loved her. She's in a better place now."

Added O'Neal: "She was with her team when she passed ... Her eyes were open, but she didn't say anything. But you could see in her eyes that she recognized us."

O'Neal says they plan to honor Fawcett with a funeral service at the downtown Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles in the next few days.

Like so much about Fawcett's life – including her bumpy relationship with O'Neal – her heroic struggle to beat the disease was closely followed by her legion of fans.

"I've watched her this past year fight with such courage and so valiantly, but with such humor," Fawcett's Charlie's Angels costar Kate Jackson told PEOPLE in November 2007.

O'Neal, in particular, remained a steadfast supporter of Fawcett, who, despite her frailty, spent the last months of her life filming a TV documentary chronicling her illness, including several trips to Germany to undergo experimental treatment. Fawcett is survived by her son with O'Neal, Redmond, 24, who is currently serving a jail term in California after repeated drug offenses.

Redmond was not there at Fawcett's side when she died, but spoke to his mother on the phone and told her "how much he loved her and asked her to please forgive him that he was so very, very sorry," O'Neal tells PEOPLE.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20240288,00.html

 

[ND4SPD]

That's some terrible news. I may be too young to remember but I know that many adults today still have posters of Farrah Fawcett still hanging in their rooms. She was the epitome of beauty in the 70's and it's sad to see someone go like that. Hopefully one day we can all look back at cancer as a thing of the past.

 

[LongbowX]

This really is very sad. And I agree...I hope we can one day everyone can overcome cancer completely.

I may just have to watch "The Cannonball Run" tonight in her honour.

 

[Omnis]

Isn't it retarded that a son can't be with his dying mother because of victimless crime? Hooray, war on drugs.

 

[01GTP]

Sad news indeed...

 

[McLaren]

Isn't it retarded that a son can't be with his dying mother because of victimless crime? Hooray, war on drugs.

I know.

I could have sworn though, that were some "law" or rule that allowed certain criminals/suspects to be with a loved one in their final hours. Still awful.

 

[Nicksfix]

More sad news,geeeez.
She had a great career,she will be missed.

R.I.P. Farrah

 

[YSSMAN]

I was blown away after hearing that this afternoon, especially since I had been reflecting some conversations I was having previously about her. Her health was in very poor condition though, so it was probably better sooner than later. Massive props to her for looking so good well into her '60s. Its strange when a sex symbol for your father carries over into the next generation.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I loved Charlie's Angels as a kid. I remember I had an iron-on T-shirt of that infamous Farrah poster. I wasn't a huge fan of hers, but she did star in some shows and movies I liked and I loved that T-shirt.

RIP FF

Odd how stars always die in threes... (Ed, Farrah and MJ)

 

[magburner]

I was a bit miffed that the Daily Mirror Consigned the death of Farrah Fawcett to page 8, whilst Michael Jackson was front page news. That's not taking anything away from the tragic death of Michael Jackson, but Farrah Fawcett should of been a lot nearer the front of the paper. (mini-rant over)

Even though I was a young lad when Charlie's Angels was aired on TV, I was struck by Farrah's beauty, ever since then, I've been a fan. I've still got a print of that iconic poster on the wall of my staircase. Farrah will be missed.

RIP Farrah Fawcett

 

[Northstar]

I know.

I could have sworn though, that were some "law" or rule that allowed certain criminals/suspects to be with a loved one in their final hours. Still awful.

He was allowed to visit her a couple weeks ago, NBC covered it. It's kind of hard to predict when someone will die exactly, they can only guess.

 

[Omnis]

I just learned Farrah and Ayn Rand were friends. I wonder what would've happened if NBC decided not to scrap Atlas Shrugged. Farrah was supposed to be Dagny.

 

[Radracing]

Here you go, the shot that made the woman.