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Frail but determined: Cancer stricken Farrah Fawcett fights on (Pinup Girl of the 70s)
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 1, 2009 | Jo Clemments

Posted on 03/31/2009 5:19:19 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

Doing her best to manage a smile, a frail Farrah Fawcett arrives home in Los Angeles after cancer treatment in Germany. The 62-year-old actress has been battling intestinal cancer for two years, at one time being given the all-clear. But the 'terrorist' inside her body, as she calls it, has returned with a vengeance. Still battling: Farrah Fawcett arrives at Los Angeles international airport after a flight from Germany Still battling: Farrah Fawcett arrives at Los Angeles international airport after a flight from Germany In a red woolly hat and dark sunglasses, the actress best known for her role in the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels was pale and weak as she was wheeled out at the airport.

She has been flying to and from Frankfurt for 18 months, where she is said to be having experimental stem cell therapy, unavailable in the U.S. Over the last few months, Miss Fawcett has been based at home in Burbank, California, where her on-off partner Ryan O' Neal, 67, has been helping to care for her. The couple have a 24-year-old son, Redmond.

The most harrowing moments of Miss Fawcett's cancer treatment have been filmed for a TV documentary, A Wing And A Prayer. Speaking about her decision to take part she has said: 'As much as I would have liked to keep my cancer private, I have a certain responsibility to those fighting their own fights who may benefit about learning from mine.'

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cancer; farrah; hollywood
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I remember walking through dorms at college in the 70s and Farah's famous poster was in almost every room. You may also remember her from Charlie's Angels. Maybe this will bring back memories and update her life story.
1 posted on 03/31/2009 5:19:19 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Boy, did she have the hair!


2 posted on 03/31/2009 5:21:18 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“...I remember walking through dorms at college in the 70s and Farah’s famous poster was in almost every room...”

That, or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders!


3 posted on 03/31/2009 5:21:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

wow, her and Patrick Swayze at the same time. sad story


4 posted on 03/31/2009 5:21:55 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I had a Farrah Faucett hair-do...I thought I was something!


5 posted on 03/31/2009 5:22:24 PM PDT by Jen from Tn.
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
 
Farah

The Poster that launched a million fantasies across college dorms


6 posted on 03/31/2009 5:22:44 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ("I, El Rushbo -- and I say this happily -- have hijacked Obama's honeymoon.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Boy, did she have the hair!

I have a group prom picture from 1981 somewhere. All the girls were sporting the Farah curl back. And all the guys had neon tuxes.

8 posted on 03/31/2009 5:24:23 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The most important piece of data in the story ..

"She has been flying to and from Frankfurt for 18 months, where she is said to be having experimental stem cell therapy, unavailable in the U.S."

Farrah darlin' .. your expose of this treatment, good or bad, is probably the biggest bomb the zero administration could ever receive.

We're praying for your recovery.

9 posted on 03/31/2009 5:24:35 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Their son’s name is Redmond? That was the name of O’Neal’s character in Barry Lyndon- Redmond Barry


10 posted on 03/31/2009 5:25:26 PM PDT by Krankor (Vitajex, whatcha doin' to me.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I distinctly remember that the initial reports about her illness referred to as breast cancer, not intestinal.


11 posted on 03/31/2009 5:25:37 PM PDT by Lizavetta (Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
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To: Jen from Tn.

I never knew ya’ Jen ... but if you had a Farrah hairdo ... you WERE somethin’.


12 posted on 03/31/2009 5:25:42 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
It wasn't just her hair. Farrah was totally gorgeous, bless her heart.

sw

13 posted on 03/31/2009 5:27:44 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: lewisglad

Have to admit I wsa more taken with Jaclyn than Farrah...


15 posted on 03/31/2009 5:31:35 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
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To: lewisglad

All 3 of the them have had some kind of cancer. I am not sure how Kate or Jacklyn are doing, but it is quite sad that it is so prevelant.


16 posted on 03/31/2009 5:39:41 PM PDT by JBCiejka
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To: HiJinx

I was thinking the same thing. Hope Farrah comes out OK though.


17 posted on 03/31/2009 5:42:02 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: JBCiejka

Really? WTF? Were they snorting Agent Orange during breaks or something?


18 posted on 03/31/2009 5:42:51 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“Where she was having experimental stem cell treatment”. Oh boy.


19 posted on 03/31/2009 5:45:33 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Still Thinking

What the hell kind of remark is that. I think it is very sad.


20 posted on 03/31/2009 5:48:24 PM PDT by JBCiejka
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