Fans mourn Farrah
Flowers left by fans at the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Since the news broke yesterday of Farrah Fawcett’s death from cancer, fans have been gathering to place flowers at her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Farrah was one of the most iconic stars of the 1970s, and her red swim suit poster adorned the walls of many childhood bedrooms. The poster sold a staggering 12 million copies, a record not beaten since.
More than a pin-up, Farrah was the ultimate IT girl and trend setter of the day. Her hairstyle became the must-have hair do at hair salons across the globe. I remember looking longingly at the blonde flicked out hairstyle adorning the Jackie magazines of my youth, everyone seemed to have their hair in a Farrah flick. One of the most poignant parts of the documentary, “Farrah’s Story” is when Farrah’s head is shorn of those famous locks. When she finally accepts that her hair is gone she does so with playfulness and determination to move on. “You wouldn’t stop until you got my hair,” she tells her doctor.
Farrah had as many female admirers as male. Indeed it was her famous mane of cascading hair, bubbly personality and winning smile that she will be most remembered for – she was the epitome of the sunshine California girl – a far cry from our world as little girls growing up in 70s Ireland, who dreamed of looking like her. I remember the Charlie’s Angels dolls that were the coveted toy for girls this side of the Atlantic, an ocean away from Hollywood glamour. We never missed an episode of Charlie’s Angels and the debates in the school yard would be on which angel was the most beautiful, Jill Monroe, Sabrina Duncan or Kelly Garrett. It was all so impossibly glamorous in the dull days of our Irish childhood.
Watch ABC7 video of fans tribute at Hollywood Walk of Fame here
thanks andy 🙂
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I was one of those 1970s little girls, and I hadn’t thought of that Farrah doll, until this very moment. And the similar schoolyard debates about which angel was the prettiest. She was part of all that childhood nostalgia–and that California image resonates with our memories of innocence and optimism and youth. It’s that someone so playful and alive was afflicted with such grim hardship, at the end of her life, which shakes us all to the core. As sad as the circusmtances, I can’t help but feel a certain pride for her–in that someone who was primarily known for her looks, and struggled at various times in her career to be taken seriously, will in the end, be remembered for her dignity and character.
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and did the angels seem as impossibly glamorous to you too as a little girl 🙂
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a great woman that teach us how to live and how to fight against cancer
remember my childhood her death
many can think was a mistake her documental about her fight but i believe that documental can help others to take concius about cancer and the battle people have to face and can help to us to lose fear to the word cancer and talk about it without silence or without pronunce this word
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