Golden Girl: Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett lost her lengthy and public battle with cancer today. VIEW OUR GALLERY of iconic moments from her life and career, watch 10 classic performances, and read revealing emails from the star in which she discusses Ayn Rand and her own place in Hollywood.
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Farrah's infamous poster broke records by selling 12 million copies worldwide and launched her career as a sex symbol.
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One of Charlie's original Angels, Farrah played Jill for one full season on the Aaron Spelling-produced mega-hit, one of the first shows to showcase women as private investigators.
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The original cast of Charlie's Angels included actresses Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett.
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Farrah with Sonny Bono and Cher on the duo's hit series Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1972.
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Farrah and then-husband Lee Majors at the Century Plaza Hotel in 1974. The two met when she guest-starred on Majors' show The Six Million Dollar Man and were married from 1973 to 1982.
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Farrah at the Challenge of the Sexes tennis tournament in a match against comedian Bill Cosby, in Mission Viejo in April 1977.
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Farrah during the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
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Farrah during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on August 11, 1978.
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Prince Charles meets Farrah and singer Johnny Mathis backstage at the London Palladium in 1978.
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Joe Namath and Farrah starred in a classic Noxzema commercial that aired in 1981.
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Ryan O'Neal and Farrah in 1982.
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Farrah in one of her defining roles as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story in 1987.
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Though Playboy had asked Farrah to pose for years, she finally agreed in 1995, and it became the best-selling issue of the '90s.
Farrah and her son Redmond in 1997.
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Farrah starred in Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, based on Collins international best-seller about a new generation of Hollywood women who are driven by fame, fortune and lust in a culture that thrives on glitz, glamour and greed.
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Kate Jackson, Farrah, and Jaclyn Smith during the Aaron Spelling tribute at the 58th Annual Emmy Awards.
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