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Farrah Fawcett: The life and career of the '70s sex symbol
'Charlie's Angels' actress Farrah Fawcett died June 25, 2009 after a more than 2-year battle with cancer. Read a remembrance of her life and career. A look back in photos at the career of the vivacious seventies sex symbol.
A poster of Farrah Fawcett released in 1976 went on to sell a still unrivaled 12 million copies.
Fawcett also had a slew of cameos in TV shows in the early '70s, including "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Partridge Family." Above, she appears in a skit on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" in 1972.
Fawcett's flared tresses became one of the most popular hairstyles of the decade...
inspiring girls across the nation - and world - to emulate the winged look.
Boys, on the other hand... were more interest in the blond's gorgeous body, featured on the cover of Playboy in 1978
But Farrah was a taken woman - she married Lee Majors, the star of "The Six Million Dollar Man" in 1973. Fawcett and Majors separated in 1979, divorcing two years later.
The actress steamed up TV screens when she teamed up with another hunk - this time, football star Joe Namath - for an ad for Noxcema cream in the early '80s. Fawcett memorably lathered up the New York Jet quarterback in the commercial.
She met O'Neal, who was a friend of her husband's, in 1981.
Soon after Fawcett's divorce in 1982, the couple moved in together.
Fawcett gave birth to the couple's son Redmond in 1985. Redmond, who has struggled with addiction, was most recently arrested at the beginning of April on charges of drug possession, preventing him from being with his mother during her last days.
Fawcett bared all for Playboy magazine in 1995 for the December issue, which became the highest-selling issue of the '90s. Not to compete with
Fawcett gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995.
Fawcett and O'Neal's relationship hit a rough patch in the late '90s. They broke up in 1997, at which time Fawcett gave a barely coherent interview on "The David Letterman Show," leading to speculation of drug use.
Fawcett and O'Neal's relationship hit a rough patch in the late '90s. They broke up in 1997, at which time Fawcett gave a barely coherent interview on "The David Letterman Show," leading to speculation of drug use.
Fawcett received her third Emmy nod for her performance in 2003's "The Guardian."
despite approaching her 60s...
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