Farrah Fawcett Has Died At The Age Of 62!

Farrah Fawcett has died this morning at the age of 62 after a very public battle with anal cancer.She was best known as one of "Charlie's Angels". But,Farrah Fawcett was much more than a beautiful television actress.This was a woman who had great depth to her.

She did two films that have shed light on some really serious issues."The Burning Bed" was an important movie that dealt with domestic violence.Farrah Fawcett's portrayal of an abused woman was so riveting that she was nominated for an Emmy.

The documentary that she recently did on anal cancer was the second issue that she helped to focus people's attention on.Her video diary was very personal & explicit.It detailed everything that she was going through in her fight against cancer.

I didn't watch it because the subject matter was far too depressing for me to bear.But,a lot of people say that they were inspired & touched by her struggle.Sadly,that story has now come to an end.


Here's more from EW.com:

"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.”

Craig J. Nevius, producer of Farrah’s Story and the 2005 reality show Chasing Farrah, said in a statement: "Farrah was and is the true definition of an ‘icon.’ She was of her time but transcended her time....Not many stars can be credited with inspiring both a hair style and changes in legislation (surrounding domestic violence and more recently patient privacy). And she did it without posturing or campaigning but by simply choosing her own path and making her own rules.”

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.)"(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.