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Soon after Farrah Fawcett's divorce from Lee Majors in 1982, Ryan O'Neal and Fawcett, seen here in 1984, moved in together.
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Farrah Fawcett stayed close to her longtime love, Ryan O'Neal. They attend an event together in 2004 in California.
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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal's relationship hit a rough patch in the late '90s. They broke up in 1997. On June 5, 1997, Fawcett gave a barely coherent interview on "The David Letterman Show," leading to speculation of drug use.
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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal co-starred in the sitcom "Good Sports" (1991) playing a couple who co-anchor a sports news program, but the show only lasted one season.
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And Farrah Fawcett continued to wow on the red carpet as she did here arriving at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 29, 2004, in Miami, Fla.
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Farrah Fawcett gave birth in 1985 to Redmond, her son with Ryan O'Neal. Redmond has struggled with addiction and was arrested again in early April 2009 on drug charges, preventing him from being with his mother during her last days.
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Meanwhile, Farrah Fawcett had found love again - with actor Ryan O'Neal. They had son Redmond together in 1985.
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Farrah Fawcett met Ryan O'Neal in 1979, who was a friend of her husband, Lee Majors.
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Farrah Fawcett rehearses for her role in "Extremities," in 1983 in New York. Fawcett played a would-be rape victim that turns the table on her attackers in the off-Broadway stage production of the play. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, for her role in the 1986 film version of the play. In total throughout her career, Fawcett received five Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy Award nominations among numerous other nominations and awards including the 1985 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies or Miniseries for "The Burning Bed" television movie released in October 1984.
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Farrah Fawcett is seen here in "Silk Hope" (1999), a TV movie.
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Cary Grant and Farrah Fawcett are at the Faberge Press Party on Oct. 6, 1977, in New York.
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Farrah Fawcett appears with host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in April 2005. The following year her life took a tragic turn.
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Farrah Fawcett sits with Patti LaBelle during Olympus Fashion Week Fall 2004 at Bryant Park in New York.
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Farrah Fawcett received her third Emmy nod (of four) for her guest actress performance as Mary Gressler in the episode "No Good Deed" (2003) in CBS' "The Guardian." Here, Fawcett appears on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios on Sept. 10, 2003, in Burbank, Calif.
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"Charlie's Angels" actress Farrah Fawcett died June 25, 2009, after an almost 3-year battle with cancer. Take a look back in photos at the career of the vivacious '70s sex symbol.
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Gene Wilder and Farrah Fawcett are on set while filming "Funny About Love" (1990) in New York in March 1990. Leonard Nimoy directed the film. After audience testing, all of Fawcett's scenes were cut. The film was a box-office flop.
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Farrah Fawcett (c.) starred alongside actresses Kate Jackson (r.) and Jaclyn Smith as private investigators working for a wealthy and mysterious businessman in the ABC-TV series "Charlie's Angels," but left after just one year on the show to pursue a film career. The show continued until 1981 with Cheryl Ladd replacing Fawcett as Fawcett's character's sister.
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Around the same time as the poster's release, Farrah Fawcett nabbed the role of Jill Munroe on "Charlie's Angels" in 1976.
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Farrah Fawcett's flared tresses became one of the most popular hairstyles of the decade. Fawcett combs her hair here on the set of "Charlie's Angels" in 1976.
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Boys, on the other hand, were more interested in Farrah Fawcett's gorgeous body, featured on the cover of Playboy in December 1978. She did not appear nude in the issue.
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Farrah Fawcett, the Texan-born beauty, got her start in modeling and in TV commercials, including ads for Wella Balsam hair products in the '70s.
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Farrah Fawcett moved on in her love life as well, but an abusive relationship in 1998 with film producer James Orr brought her unwanted publicity.
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Farrah Fawcett posed for Playboy again in July 1997.
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Farrah Fawcett steamed up TV screens when she teamed up with another hunk - this time, football star Joe Namath - for an ad for Noxzema cream in the early '80s. Fawcett memorably lathered up the New York Jets quarterback in the commercial.
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But Farrah Fawcett 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 a couple of years later.
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Farrah Fawcett also had a slew of cameos in TV shows in the late 60s and early '70s, including "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Partridge Family." Here, she appears in a skit on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" in the '70s.
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Fawcett revealed in 2006 that she was undergoing treatment for anal cancer. Despite trips to Germany to receive treatment not available in the U.S., Fawcett returned to the U.S. for good in 2008. O'Neal told People magazine on May 7, 2009, that "treatment has pretty much ended." Friends and loved ones gathered around her on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, and a priest was summoned to her bedside at a Santa Monica hospital in California. She died the following day.
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Farrah Fawcett gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 23, 1995, in Los Angeles.
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Farrah Fawcett's career got a boost in 1997 with an acclaimed performance in "The Apostle," also starring Robert Duvall and with Billy Bob Thornton.
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Farrah Fawcett would begin dating Ryan O'Neal again, off and on. Here they dance at the after-party for "Malibu's Most Wanted" at the Highlands on April 10, 2003, in Los Angeles.
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Farrah Fawcett inspired girls across the nation - and the world - to emulate the winged look.
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Farrah Fawcett signs autographs after one of her performances in "Extremities" in June 1983 in New York.
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Farrah Fawcett retains her beauty despite approaching her 60s.
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Farah Fawcett joins host Jason Alexander onstage during the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner in 2006.
The News takes a look back at Farrah Fawcett’s striking career that began as a ’70s icon and sex symbol, with her role in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and a ubiquitous swimsuit poster catapulting her to fame. The TV and film star died on June 25, 2009, after an almost 3-year battle with cancer. She was 62.
