Farrah Fawcett Hospitalized; Family Gathers

[Are_grits_groceries]

Farrah Fawcett has been hospitalized and is in bad shape.

She has been battling cancer for three years and recently returned from Germany, where she had experimental stem-cell treatment. Sources told RadarOnline.com that she is critical but stable in a Los Angeles-area hospital. They also say she is unconscious and has been hospitalized for days.

Long-time love Ryan O’Neal has been by Farrah’s bedside, as has troubled son Redmond, who bolted from rehab earlier this week.

Farrah, 62, was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 and later pronounced cancer free at a press conference.

It is not known whether she will survive.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/04/exclusive-farrah-fawcett-hospitalized

Hope she's not in pain.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Jeebus... Farrah?

:cry:


On edit: having grown up in the 70's, this saddens me greatly.:(

[hlthe2b]

10. I know what you mean... She was such an icon, it just seems so

difficult to process...

[Vidar]

2. I'm sorry to hear this. She deserves better.

[pearl]

5. Farrah was in my brothers graduating class

WB Ray High in Corpus Christi, Tx. She was voted Most Beautiful in her class. It doesn't sound good.

[xchrom]

3. recommend -- sad, sad news indeed. nt

[malaise]

4. Damn

I didn't even know she was ill. The truth is that none of us will survive. She's just going before us. :cry:

[tomm2thumbs]

9. true - a remember a poet was asked if she was afraid of dying and she said..

... the minute you're born, you start to die.

That has always put it in perspective for me.

[malaise]

21. Indeed thefundamental philosophical truth that guides my life

is that everything that lives will die. It does give you perspective. For one you value life and don't see yourself as too important in the scheme of things. It also makes you value all life including the lives of those you love.

[closeupready]

6. So unfair. She was always a health 'freak'.

Always exercised, and I think she was vegetarian, too. :cry:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

If she's unconscious,

she's feeling nothing, no pain. Palliative care at that stage is pretty overwhelming.

Fuck this. Legends aren't supposed to die, are they?

[Jeanette in FL]

7. She will always be remembered as the famous poster in my mind

Very sad news indeed.

Every guy I knew in the 70's had that poster of her in the bathing suit with the feathered hair up on their walls.

Godspeed, Farah.

[greenbriar]

11. this is sad. I loved her doing the movie "The Burning Bed"

it was almost like a public service announcement

[Jeanette in FL]

13. She was awesome in that movie

When watching it, you totally forgot who she was. I wonder what she drew upon to get there?

I had forgotten about that movie.

[emmadoggy]

25. Me too. She did a wonderful job in that movie.

Very moving and it really highlighted an issue that had little attention in those days.

So sad to hear this news.

When I was a kid, I always watched "Charlie's Angels". In fact, two of my (girl) friends and I, along with a (boy) friend, used to "play" Charlie's Angels at recess every day, LOL. I was Jill, the Farrah character, in our play-acting. (The other two girls were Sabrina and Kelly, and the boy was Bosley).

My heart goes out to Farrah and her family.

[rocktivity]

30. If you liked "The Burning Bed," you'll love "Small Sacrifices"

She played Dianne Downs, who shot her children because her new boyfriend (played by Ryan O'Neal) didn't want them.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Sal Minella]

33. I read the book. Only a really ballsy actress would take that part on.

[Horse with no Name]

41. She was fabulous in that role

This is sad beyond measure.
I, too, am a child of the 70's.
Godspeed Farrah.

[barbtries]

47. yep.

she was great in that movie too.

[whathehell]

55. Didn't like that, but did enjoy "Extremities" in which she

beats and cages a rapist!


:headbang:

[lib2DaBone]

8. Oh Farrah. how did it come to this?.. No No.. get well and come back...

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[Bunny]

14. She was a teenaged boy's icon:

I can remember feeling a little jealous because my high school boyfriend was gaga over her.

She gave a hell of a performance in The Burning Bed, and she was excellent in Small Sacrifices.

I wish her a peaceful journey.

[TahitiNut]

39. It must've been cold in the studio that day.

:hide:

[Bunny]

40. Do you remember all the hubbub about her curls supposedly spelling out the word "sex'?

That was really weird!

[TahitiNut]

44. No, that's one I don't recall.

I've never been much of a fan of playing records backwards or too much subliminal imagination, even though I know ads have been air-brushed for years to suggest eroticism.

While I like Farrah and appreciate her, Kate Jackson was always my favorite Angel.

[Patiod]

49. We all used to work hard to have Farrah hair

I was just at a sorority reunion, and as we went through scrapbooks and photo albums, we were laughing at our attempts at the Farrah Flip. Worked for some, but not for most! All the time I wasted twirling my hair around a brush and blow-drying it into submission, when I should have been studying!

[chimpymustgo]

50. She was a teenaged girl's icon.

I wish her peace.

[davekriss]

51. I remember that!!!

That picture of Paul Krugman from that conference....


hehe

[Mike 03]

15. Aw... No... I had such a crush on her when I was in puberty. Sad. She got a bad rap,

especially for her acting and notoriety, but she had a great sense of humor and self-depreciation, and it's very sad to see her suffering.

Sweet Farrah, God Speed...

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[Ian David]

17. I hope she's alright, too.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. "Anal" cancer???? Don't they mean "colon" cancer????

[Bunny]

19. Uh....no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_cancer

[Myrina]

23. That sounds horrible!

:( So sad for her.

[Zodiak]

26. Wow...interesting read

Pretty rare cancer....less than 1000 die of it every year. Probably HPV-related considering that most risk factors involve multiple form of physical irritations (increases chance of infection because of borken-down physical barriers like mucus).

Boy I really wish we had discovered the effects of HPV sooner. Tragedies like this would be even more rare.

[Contrary1]

20. It enrages me when I hear the words "cancer free" or "cured of cancer".

I've seen numerous celebrities and their doctors announce the big news. I suppose as a cancer survivor, I am more sensitive to terms like these being used.

There is no cure for most cancers. Just surgery, chemo, and radiation...with the hope that they got it all.

I even corrected my own GP for saying I was cured. I was not. As of today, I show no evidence of cancer. Big difference.

End rant.

I am saddened to hear this latest news about Farah. When I read a few weeks ago that she had traveled back to Germany, I feared the worst. May the rest of her journey be peaceful and pain free.

[polly7]

22. Oh, how sad. :(

All my best wishes things turn out better for her than it seems at the moment. I loved her in The Burning Bed."

[Mike 03]

24. She was such a good sport... Does anyone remember last year or two years ago

when there was a William Shatner roast, and she was one of the roasters, and my recollection is that people were more brutal to her than they were to Shatner. I can't remember exactly who was brutal to her, but it was really sad. She took it so well.

She is a class act.

She has had a fascinating life. Maybe not all of us can appreciate her, or give her her due, but she has had some amazing experiences and done some amazing things with this precious little time we have here on earth.

[Botany]

27. She was really good in the Apostle

Best wishes Ms. Farrah ..... I feel kinda sad now.

[PCIntern]

28. Sad....I recall the day Marilyn Monroe died....

my mom of blessed memory had just started sketching and with pastels creatd the most beautiful picture of her.

Tough to lose these icons of American Beauty.

[Raine]

29. Sad news

wishing her the best.

[proud patriot]

31. I'm sending her strength

Stay strong girlfriend :yourock:

[flyarm]

32. so sad..what a beautiful woman, i feel sorrow for her, having to go through this.

I pray she is pain free..
I shed tears for her struggle.

May she be in peace, and heartfelt, caring wishes for her family.

fly

[Mike 03]

34. Thinking of some of her performances: Logan's Run. Was she in "The Burning Bed"? NT

[MiniMe]

36. Yes, it was one of her best performances

[Blue_In_AK]

42. The Burning Bed was an outstanding movie

and a great performance by Farrah. This is very sad that she's so ill -- she's my age.

[emilyg]

43. Yes - her best.

[InvisibleTouch]

35. That's sad to hear.

I was just a kid in the 70's, but she was THE beauty icon of the time. I can't say I wanted to grow up to look like her, but I did recognize that she had a special appeal.

[JerseygirlCT]

37. Oh that's sad. nt

[MiniMe]

38. And she went public with it to make people aware of it

I have a great deal of respect for her just for that.

[ConcernedCanuk]

45. I remember her from Charlie's Angels

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best wishes . . .

[Urban Prairie]

46. I will say a few prayers for you Farrah...

My brother and I had your famous poster on our bedroom wall in Detroit in the late 70s. Charlie's Angels was very popular, as was disco back then. My younger sister looked very much like Jacklyn Smith, if not even more beautiful, and her two close girlfriends were the equivalent of Farrah and Kate Jackson as far as attractiveness, and all were very sharp dressers. They liked to go to the discos to dance on the weekends, and I was their chaperone and designated driver. (why does FF spellcheck underline chaperone as misspelled??) Anyway, the girls would use me to bail them out, when any guys there would get too "fresh" with them, or they turned down requests to dance, and the guys were too persistent. Fun times, and even though most of my friends hated disco, I met and dated a lot of very pretty women who did like it, that I would never have otherwise by going to the bars that my friends frequented.

[Frank Cannon]

48. From 1976 to 1979, my thoughts were almost wholly occupied...

by Star Trek, Star Wars, and Farrah Fawcett. Just about every square inch of the walls of my bedroom featured imagery of one of these subjects.

This makes me very sad.

[tonysam]

52. So Sad.

She's been in horrible shape for years.

[PopSixSquish]

53. Awww...No...

May the Good Lord bless her and keep her...

:cry:

[Hepburn]

54. So sad....

...hoping for the best.

[MiniMe]

56. KTLA story: She is in the hospital, but she is not unconscious and expected to go home in a few days

http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/?Actress-Farrah-Fawcett-Hospitalized-Unco=1&blockID=258841&feedID=1198

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Farrah Fawcett is in "good spirits" and is thanking fans for their support as she remains hospitalized in Los Angeles, according to a close friend and physician.

"On Farrah Fawcett's behalf, I can confirm that she recently checked into a Los Angeles hospital," her rep, Craig Nevius, said in a statement. "And although it is usually against her nature to correct false or exaggerated stories that originate in tabloid-style reports by offering true information that they would not otherwise have to publish, Farrah is allowing this statement out of appreciation for her fans, who have offered their constant support throughout her fight, as well as out of concern for the countless of other cancer patients who have written her over the last two-and-a-half years in order to tell her that they are following her story in the hope that there is hope."

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"There have been some photographs that have been widely published of Farrah Fawcett in a wheelchair. The reason she was in that wheelchair is because she had a small procedure while in Germany and left for the airport soon after. She could have stayed in Germany to recuperate for a day or two but she was really very anxious to come home. So she took a nine hour flight right after that procedure. It turned out that the procedure caused a small amount of bleeding in one of the muscles of her abdomen, making a hematoma which was quite painful. Actually, it was painful for her to walk which is why she was in that wheelchair. And that pain was coming from the hematoma which had nothing directly to do with the cancer. She's able to walk. And she remains in good spirits with her usual sense of humor. She's been in great shape her whole life and has an incredible resolve and an incredible resilience."

Nevius told People that Fawcett is expected to return home in a few days.

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