Email Picture A rare cancer claims the 1970s pinup beauty. First known for her looks and hairstyle, she captivated critics with ‘Burning Bed’ and other serious roles. Later, she chronicled her illness. Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television’s campy “Charlie’s Angels” and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation’s favorite pinup, died today. She was 62. Fawcett, whose celebrity overshadowed her ability as a serious actress,...

Farrah Fawcett is reportedly in an ICU this evening, with her family and friends gathering to say goodbye.  Read more on the sad news on Farrah below. Farrah has been read her last rites earlier today and her family has been visiting to say goodbye to the ailing actress, who has battled anal cancer for three years. Farrah Fawcett has been in the hospital for the past couple of weeks. A friend of Farrah’s told People magazine that,  There was a moment last week when she was supposed to be released and was going home but things changed.” This past...

Though Farrah Fawcett is “fighting for her life,” Ryan O’Neal tells Barbara Walters, “I’ve asked her to marry me, again, and she’s agreed,” ABC News reports. “We will, as soon as she can, say yes,” O’Neal, 68, says about his companion since 1980. “Maybe we can just nod her head,” he said, with a laugh. “I used to ask her to marry me all the time,” O’Neal said for the interview to air Friday on 20/20. “But … it just got to be a joke, you know. We...