Actress Farrah Fawcett died in California Thursday following a three-year-battle with anal cancer at the age of 62. Fawcett died at 12:28 p.m.
EST at St. John's Health Center. "She's gone. She now belongs to the ages," her longtime partner, actor Ryan O'Neal told People magazine. "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."
Fawcett was best known for her role as an 'angel' on the 1970s private eye television show "Charlie's Angels."
A famed poster of Fawcett wearing a red swimsuit sold millions of copies and helped make her a 1970s pop-culture icon. She retained her sex-symbol image for decades, posing for Playboy magazine at the age of 50. Her playboy images are here. She also was an advocate for domestic violence victims and fought for patients' privacy in hospitals. More than 8.9 million viewers tuned in last month to watch "Farrah's Story," a video diary documenting her courageous battle against cancer, which ran as an NBC special. The actress is survived by O'Neal and their 24-year-old son Redmond O'Neal. She was previously married to actor Lee Majors. (c) tPC (c) UPI
