Actress Farrah Fawcett 1947 - 2009

June 25, 2009 - Actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) the Corpus Christi, Texas native, died after a long battle with cancer. She was 62. Fawcett, who rose to fame as the star of U.S television's Charlie's Angels 1976-1980. Earlier in her career, smaller roles in 1960s and 70s television shows such as Mayberry, R.F.D. Three's a Crowd, I Dream of Jeannie, Marcus Welby, McCloud, The Flying Nun and The Partridge Family. She later went on to win critical acclaim for her role as a battered wife in The Burning Bed, Fawcett was nominated for three Emmys and six Golden Globes, but never won. Fawcett married actor Lee Majors in 1974 and they appeared together in his television show, The Six Million Dollar Man, before divorcing in the early 1980s. In 1985 she had a son (Redmond) with long-time companion actor Ryan O'Neal and the couple starred in a short-lived sitcom, Good Sports, in the early 90s before splitting up. PICTURED: 1976 - FARRAH FAWCETT

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