Farrah Fawcett Dies After Battling Cancer
Thursday June 25, 2009
Television icon and the queen of poster pin-ups Farrah Fawcett, 62, died Thursday morning after battling anal cancer. Farrah was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 and it had spread to her liver. Farrah spent a lot of time in the hospital before her death and died in an intensive care unit, according to her publicist.
Best known for her television role on "Charlie's Angels" and for that famous poster of her posing in a red one-piece bathing suit, Farrah also starred in various other movies and television shows.
Her long-time off-and-on again lover and recent fiance, Ryan O'Neill, was by her side when she died. He was quoted in People Magazine about her death:
"She's gone. She now belongs to the ages ... She's now with her 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."
Farrah's death is unfortunate and she will be missed by so many. Also unfortunate is that Farrah didn't take advantage of hospice services, which would have allowed her die peacefully in the comfort of her own home. Not everyone desires this kind of death, however, so perhaps Farrah did it her way.
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For Farrah (Fawcett)
A great beauty has passed from this life.
Of good times and sometimes toil and strife.
Some will say that she went to a better place.
Look at the blue sky or a white cloud, you will still see her face.
Movements like those of a gazelle in flight.
Hair that shone like gold on a moonlit night .
Eyes that could touch your soul.
And essence like that of a red rose.
Farrah, you fought hard to stay here on earth with us.
But God calls you, go you must.
Whenever we feel a summer breeze or april rain.
It will seem like you are near.
And in our hearts, your memory will always remain dear.