Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 after battle with cancer

Such sadness. My brother had her famed poster on the wall of our room for years.

Farrah Fawcett, who catapulted to national fame in “Charlie’s Angels” and became a swimsuit poster phenomenon, has died. Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, said Fawcett died Thursday morning at a Santa Monica hospital. Fawcett separated herself from her bathing-beauty persona with highly charged, critically acclaimed performances. She received three Emmy noms and six Golden Globe nods and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as best supporting female for “The Apostle” (1997). Fawcett discovered she had anal cancer in 2006 and a year later was diagnosed with a malignant rectal polyp. Last month, she narrated and shot using her camcorder “Farrah’s Story,” which looked at her 2 1/2-year battle with cancer. – From The Hollywood Reporter