Farrah Fawcett Dies

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:41pm

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/farrah-fawcett-dies/

God Bless.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:42pm

Oh no...

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:44pm

RIP.

I'm sure her family is feeling grief and relief right now.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:45pm

What a tragedy. After watching that documentary type special about her struggle, I feel even worse about this tragic death.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:48pm

So sad, so terrible.

My thoughts are with her family. This is just so heartbreaking.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:53pm

May she rest in peace.

My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:56pm

You fought so hard. Rest in peace now and God bless.

You are loved.

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:57pm

RIP Farrah. My thoughts are with you and your family.

Her tv special was very sad, yet very inspiring, as well. The time period that she was cancer free, she lived her life to the absolute fullest, and had the most amazing, positive outlook.

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:59pm

Good night Angel. You fought a brave fight. Your legacy lives on. You will not be forgotten.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:07pm

She faught the good fight.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:14pm

Rest in Peace. Her documentary was inspiring. She really prolonged her life as much as she possibly could. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

[Lori2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:23pm

So sad may she RIP So young too!

My thoughts are with her family.

[once a month]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:30pm

RIP

Updated On: 6/25/09 at 01:30 PM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:33pm

I bought a BOBBI BOLAND playbill at the flea market last year for $3. I will cherish it always.

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:34pm

Heaven is no longer missing an angel.

Farrah was an amazing woman who will be greatly missed. Rest in peace babe.

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 2:00pm

Her documentary really touched me. He positive outlook on life should be what we all strive for. RIP.......you are free now.....

[bundy5000]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 2:01pm

She was a shining star on Earth and Forever Will be in Heaven.

God Bless

[ryantbo2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 3:14pm

When a friend passes we sit back and grieve and we remember what they brought into our lives.

However, what do you do or say or help people to understand when that person was not a friend and yet someone that you admired or cared for as you do any of your friends.

Anyone who knows me knows that I have been surrounded by the world of celebrity since I was old enough to open my first copy of Tiger Beat.

I come by it naturally. My mom was a huge fan of Elvis Presley. We had Elvis? music playing on the stereo constantly. My mom would go with her friend Jeri to see his movies when the drive-in would have an Elvis Marathon. She would scream like a teenager and totally loose herself to the little girl who was in love with Elvis. On the day that Elvis died I am CERTAIN that my mom pushed St. Peter out of the way and escorted Elvis in personally!

I have never understood the people who gather when a celebrity dies. The tears and the emotions as though they have lost one of their own. I remember watching the reaction of people in NYC when John Lennon was killed. All this emotion for someone they have never even met?

I did cry when both Chris and Dana Reeve died. But I knew them. It really was loosing a friend who happened to be a celebrity.

I did feel certain sadness with the death of Princess Diana, but only because she had brought so much attention to world issues such as AIDS. Now that compassion would truly be missed. I mourned the loss of the goodness that she brought.

All that changed with the passing this week of someone that has actually been in my life ? if not a part of it ? since I was 13 years old.

I first knew her as Farrah Fawcett-Majors. The beautiful blond Angel on ?Charlie?s Angels?. And from ?that? poster. I have to admit that when Angels first came on I was taken with Jaclyn Smith. She was the brunette beauty and seemed so classy. Then my cousin bought Farrah?s poster and all thoughts of Jaclyn went out the window. I became an Angels fan in earnest and Farrah?s in particular. I collected everything I could get my hands on. My sister is a couple of years younger than me so she and her girlfriends had all of the ?teeny bopper? magazines. They would give me anything with Farrah on it. My grandmother bought all the ?old ladies? magazines ? McCall?s, Ladies Home Journal, and Woman?s Day. Farrah was on the cover of all of them so she gave those to me.

I was teased and ridiculed for my Farrah fascination by people at school. Even in my sophomore year yearbook there is a photo of me in one on the plays. I am sitting on the couch and looks like I am pleading for something. The caption under it says ?Really guys why can?t we watch Farrah Fawcett?? I?m sure the editor of the yearbook saw it, and me, as a huge joke. I LOVED IT!
Then Farrah did the unthinkable. She announced she was leaving Charlie?s Angels after only 1 year! How could she do this? To me?

Fortunately there was still so much media attention on her that magazines continued to feature her on the covers. Pro Arts posters continued to release posters of her. And there were her films. Not fantastic as films but still it was Farrah up there on screen.

She settled her lawsuit with Charlie?s Angels and it was announced that she would return to the show in guest appearances in seasons 3 and 4. YES!!

I started getting older and went away to college, but I always had at least 1 poster of Farrah on my wall.

Then graduation came and I packed away all of my memorabilia and put them into storage at my parents. But while I was at college, Farrah did some growing up herself and started to become an actress! She was no longer content to be the blond on the skateboard with the nipples poking through the shirt. She campaigned for, and won, the replacement role in the off-Broadway drama ?Extremities?. Some friends arranged a birthday present for me to see the show AND to meet Farrah. I sat in the theater mesmerized by her performance. She was showing such range ? such emotion that I totally forgot about Charlie?s Angels and the poster. After the show I was escorted to Farrah?s dressing room where she talked to me like an old friend. She gave me a signed photo for my birthday and a hug and a kiss. It was more than I had ever hoped for and a night I will always remember. Later I directed a production of ?Extremities? and I dedicated the show to Farrah.

I started to admire Farrah for the actress she was! There was respect that she garnered as an actress and carried onto several roles in television and film. She came into another phase of her career and I began following her all over again.

A couple of years ago it was announced that Farrah had cancer. The announcement was a shock. Farrah was mortal. She could get cancer just like anyone else. And in fact there was a history of it in her family. She chose to meet the battle head on. On her birthday it was announced that she was cancer free! A prayer of thanks went up to Heaven. Farrah was going to be with us for YEARS to come!

But the good news was short lived. The cancer returned and it was more aggressive than before.

Farrah once again chose to fight it with treatment in Germany and it looked like she was once again winning the battle. But cancer is a deceptive **** and it spread. Farrah could no longer battle it and today (June 25, 2009) she lost the final battle.

And I sit here numb and sad and missing her. I will go to church and light a candle for her. I will cry with fans world wide at the loss of this beautiful woman. I understand now why people gathered at Graceland and in Central Park and mourned the loss of someone they never met. I will mourn the loss of this beautiful woman that I did have the privilege of meeting and who was a part of my life for 30 years.

God Bless you Farrah.

May flights of Angels carry you to your rest!

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 3:14pm

RIP.

[Janki]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 3:33pm

Awwwww....
She was an angel on earth, now she's is truly an angel up in heaven!
May she rest in peace!!! She'll never be forgotten!!!

[madlibrarian]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 4:12pm

May I second the remarks of ryantbo2? I saw Farrah in Extremities at the Westside in the '80s and she was astonishingly good, ranking up there with some of the great actors I've been lucky to see on Broadway and in London. Who knew she had this in her? Not I. It is sad that the movie version of that play does not begin to capture either her impact or the shock of the play. But I still feel that if this woman hadn't been sidetracked by Charlie's Angels et al. she could have had a major, major stage career. So cheers to the major, major TV/movie/magazine cover career she did have, and to Ms. Fawcett for the good work she did.

[esparza 333]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 4:18pm

Rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time. God Bless Farrah the new angel of heaven.

[robinycus2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 5:13pm

She had charm, and her own sense of style and class. Peace and love to her.

[PattiAnnLuPWNS2]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 5:56pm

This is so sad.

[Mrfreeze]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 6:51pm

I'm so sad.. she was a remarkably brave woman. May she rest in peace.