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Goodnight, Angel
In sad but expected news, Farrah Fawcett has passed away at age sixty-two after a long and valiant fight with cancer. She was one of the most iconic sex symbols of all time, as well as a sadly underrated actress. Most people will name the camp TV classic Charlie's Angels as her biggest claim to fame, but she was only on the show for one season (as well as a few guest appearances). Because of her enormous sex appeal, it was difficult for her to be taken seriously as an actress, but that changed in 1984 with a performance that would redefine her career. Small Sacrifices/The Burning Bed Like Cher in her Oscar-nominated dramatic turn in Silkwood, Farrah shocked the world with her gritty, Emmy-nominated performance as a battered wife in The Burning Bed. She would appear in a string of dramatic roles through the eighties, including Extremities, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, and another Emmy-nominated turn as a murderous mom in Small Sacrifices. Her relationship with Ryan O'Neal kept her in the tabloids, and the last couple of years have been spent publicly fighting cancer, but hopefully she'll be remembered as a talented woman who brought a little sunshine into people's lives, even gay boys who were able to see past the outer beauty. Submitted by on Thu, 2009-06-25 13:52. |
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*sigh*
she really was a very good actress...way underrated. I wish her peace.
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RIP Farrah
An odd life that made her truly THE pinup icon of the 1970s before she was even known for anything. She rocketed to the top of pop culture only to be slammed as a diva fro her off-screen contract battles. She made minor comebacks through the years with memorable roles in 2 TV movies and 1 big screen release. She always seemed bogged down though by the men she had in her life and ended it with dignity but with a lot of disfunction.
We always seem to remember The Burning Bed as her big acting achievement so I looked it up and found that she lost to an acting legend that year, Oscar-winner and Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward (Do You Remember Love?) in one of the first films to take on Alzheimers. Her other nominees for the Emmy were 1984 Oscar-winner Dame Peggy Ashcroft (The Jewel In The Crown), former NEA director Jane Alexander (Malice In Wonderland), and Mary Tyler Moore (Heartsounds). Just some perspective of the company she lept that year, impressive indeed.
Charilies Angels
I was stationed in Japan when Charlies Angels came on, the Armed Forces Radio & Telivision Service would show it on their station. The barracks lounge was never more full than on those days. Everyone would watch, and make comments on the bad acting and the Angels themselves. The show was a way that we all could experience a bit of the US when so far away from home. She and her castmates allowed us to have a bit of comradery that didn't have to be shared in a fox hole. I rememeber those times fondly. She was a bright spirit and will continue to inspire those who are fighting cancer.
The Angel as found her wings at last.
For people who aren't as
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She and her fellow Angels...
For me, Charlie's Angels was the ultimate test of whether I was gay or not. When you're 12 or 13 you hear enough confusing messages-the worst being that it's just a "phase". Well, watching that show cleared things up for me: it made me realize that I was totally, 100% gay, gay GAY! I thought, "If I can't raise the flag for this trio of fabulous ladies, it ain't EVAH gonna happen!"
And she was fabulous. And talented. And a little crazy. And she will be missed.
And hey-anyone who can prove beyond any doubt that Ryan O'Neal DID, in fact, have a heart beneath that jerkwood exterior...well-that just proves she really was an angel.
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My mother called me up yesterday afternoon and made an interesting comment, with Farrah and Michael Jackson passing yesterday, these were the 70s and 80s icon (or one of) respectively who represented her children's generation... and that she had finally reached old"er" age herself!
Farrah was and will always be the poster of the 70s.
Farrah
As someone who was 5 when Charlie's Angel debuted, I was sort of aware of how big Farrah Fawcett was in the day, but can't say I REALLY experienced it.
Several places, here and elsewhere, have talked about how imitated her hair was. I guess the biggest compliment I could give to her influence it that when I look at her, my initial reaction is "What? It's just a typical hairstyle, with not much special about it." So apparently, the "Fawcett Do" became SO popular, that it just became a standard cut rather than a trend or fad, something "The Rachel" or even the "Veronica Lake" never managed to achieve.
This has sent me on a Google of memory lane, with other 70s/early 80s icons like the other Angels, Lindsay Wagner and Lynda Carter. Healthy, athletic, and open, as you put it, really was the style of the day, wasn't it? I have to admit I don't really have as much energy to go after the fashion industry as some people do, but it's hard to argue the evidence that something has been lost in the last 30 years.
RIP Angel.
Goodnight My Angel
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
[written by Billy Joel]
Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away
Goodnight my angel
Now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we were sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark and deep
inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me
Goodnight my angel
Now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry
And if you'll sing this lullabye
Then in your heart
There will always be a part of me
Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabyes go on and on
They never die
That's how you
And I
Will be.
RIP