By Hugh Hart, UnderWire, Wired.com
Charlie’s Angels‘ Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62
Farrah Fawcett, the Charlie’s Angels star who emerged as the most potent sex symbol of the ’70s, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a three-year struggle with cancer. She was 62.
Fit, tanned, blonde and smiling, Fawcett epitomized the ’70s California golden girl image most famously in a legendary red swimsuit poster that sold millions of copies. She fought crime as one of three female private investigators in the original Charlie’s Angels and was also married, for a time, to Lee Majors, star of The Six Million Dollar Man.
After Fawcett left Angels, she made futuristic sci-fi films Logan’s Run and Saturn 3, then shifted gears with a critically acclaimed dramatic turn in 1984 domestic abuse TV movie The Burning Bed.
Earlier this decade, Fawcett redefined herself yet again with a series of wacky appearances on late-night talk shows. Diagnosed with cancer in 2006, her treatment was chronicled in the documentary Farrah’s Story, telecast on NBC this spring to an audience of 9 million viewers.
In a statement, AP reports, actor Ryan O’Neal, father of Fawcett’s 24-year-old son Redmond, said Wednesday: “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.”
*By Hugh Hart, UnderWire, Wired.com
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