Angel Farrah Fawcett Dies
After a long (and sometimes public) battle with cancer, former CHARLIE’S ANGEL Farrah Fawcett died this morning. She was only 62 years old. She shot to fame in the late 70’s. I recall that golden halo of hair and that broad smile beaming down from the poster that seemed to be everywhere. Her beauty seemed to get in the way of her ability to be taken seriously in her chosen career. But then, in 1983, Fawcett earned critical-acclaim and much-deserved-respect when she replaced Susan Sarandon on Broadway in the play, EXTREMITIES. The story of a would-be rapist who turns the tables on her attacker. She followed in 1984 with a powerful performance as an abused wife in The Burning Bed
