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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Farrah's Friends
Alana Stewart rushes to cash in with book about her friend Farrah Fawcett
Who will be the first to cash in on the death of FARRAH FAWCETT? Less than a week after the brave icon's funeral, her close friend Alana Stewart is first out of the gate and well ahead of the pack with a book based on the Farrah's cancer journey journal that was supposed to be the basis for her cancer documentary."My Journey with Farrah: What I've Learned about Life, Love, and Friendship" has shown up on Amazon.com with a healthy discount off its hardcover list price of $23.99.As . the celebrity ex-wife's book is being rush-released to take advantage of the worldwide outpouring of love and publicity for Farrah.The title is set to be pblished on August 25th, the two-month anniversary of Farrah's death. Alana Stewart accompanied Farrah through much of her cancer battle, traveling with her to German cancer clinics and running the video camera as Farrah documented the cutting edge treatments that gave her hope and extended her life by years after doctors in the States told her there was nothing more they could do. Working with her longtime confidante and producer Craig Nevius, Farrah shaped the footage into a "cancer journal" that explored the question of why lifesaving treataments are not available in America and beyond the reach of most all but the very rich.Farrah sold the project to NBC. When her condition took a turn for the worse and she began to fade from consciousness, her longtime on-and-off lover Ryan O'Neal took control of her affairs, forced Nevius off the project and, with the help of producers from NBC Dateline commandeered the recutting of the documentary into a maudlin, morbid entertainment called "Farrah's Story" (a reference to his 1970 film, Love Story).Alana Stewart reportedly held up the project, demanding a producer's credit and a fat payoff, before the special aired. the day before Farrah's death that Alana was turning Farrah's journals into a book of her own:"Farrah's journals, we're told, are being turned into a book by Alana Stewart... The book, we're told, will be announced after Farrah's passing, 'for maximum effect.'"At the reception following Farrah's funeral on Tuesday, Ryan O'Neal confirmed that a sequel to the high-rating Farrah's Story is in the works. Cameras filmed the funeral. It's still not known whether, as feared, O'Neal also filmed Farrah's passing.
I love you Farrah darling and miss you alot and this is very sad that you are still being used by people who had only the purpose of using you for money. This is one of many reasons why I am publishing this article today because I am hurt over the way you are being treated and remembered. I wish you were still living Farrah and got to know me personally because I never would have treated you this way your friends have done to you. You would have lived your life with me and allways be treated very good and I would have looked out for you and taken care of your needs. I am hurt over you being used and abused by these people and so i have to add my feelings to this today.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Resolving Issues With a Government Agentcy
I have one heck of a time trying to resolve a issue with the US Dept. of Veterens Affairs over the last couple of days in calling them because of recieving a letter about five weeks ago and unfortunately lost the letter. It is nice when you actually talk to someone who is nice to you and willing to help you but it can be frustrating as heck to have to call many different parts of the same agentcy in a couple of different states and get many different responses. I find this to be true in trying to resolve a issue in a letter I mistakenly lost about about five weeks ago and now finally got the right phone numbers from the internet after pouring through several thousand doucuments and different parts of this agentcy from the Veterens Administration web site on the internet. It is very frustrating to try and find where to make a call to as the web site and the people you talk to allways refer you to another call another phone number and mailing address just for one simple issue as to wether or not the letter sent to me was a valid demand for payment or it is a fraud letter trying to get money from me either in the Veterans Administration or someone who is in another part of this country trying to committ fraud against me.. I truely after calling six different phone numbers and talking to alot of people in different parts of this agentcy am still puzzled as to what to make out of this problem and to do about it.. I would pay it if the letter is for real but what I keep being told is that the there is nothing wrong with my dad's file for his life insurance policy that he had. The Veterens Affairs offices I have spoken to so far on the phone don't see any complaint in his file or demand for repayment of the money nor do they see any letter mailed to me but only one letter dated June 9th was mailed to my mothers address here. I recieved as part of the my fathers insurance settlement that he wanted me to have and the Veterans Administration paid on the claim made by me after they just admitted to researching the claim before paying any money to me and family after my Dad died in Oct. 29,2007...He did put my name on it and and family and the first Veterans insurance representive spent a long time on the phone with me and said that she does see that I am a benefiterary on his life insurance policy that no letter was ever mailed to me and his file shows no demand for repayment of the insurance check of $3169.08 that they gave to me by mail. I just called the St. Paul Minnisota regional office and the Philidelpia Pennilvania office which handles insurance claims and collections on those claims and the women named Kim Perri told me that I don't owe them anything and further more were puzzled looking at my Dad's records why any letter would be sent to me at all since my Dad's file has been closed for a little over a year now. I also called the Dept. of Debt Management Center in Saint Paul Minnisota and the women I spoke to today that also no letter was ever mailed to me demanding repayment of the insurance money and nothing in my dad's file shows anything of a unpaid debt for my dad or from me and my mother. I recieved the money according to Veterens Administration in Philidelphia,Pa which handles insurance claims the claim that my mother and I both and cousin Barbara made was valid and his file was then closed June 09,2008 after the payment was sent to me and my mother and my cousin Barbara. The two representives at the regional office in Philidelphia on named Kim Perri and the other named Maira Stumplewood told me that the lettter was a hoax and so did the other representives I talked to at Debt Management and Pension Benifits all told me the same thing no letter was mailed to me for demand for repayment of the money I recieved and told me my fathers account is correct and just fine no reason to contact us again about this issue. I still was told to be sure about it that just mail a handwritten letter to the Veterens Administration at a post office box address for this agentcy respond to by mail. I am still not certian if I am being lied to by the reps at the Veterens Administration and even if any thing was real about the letter. I just am not sure at all since I have been burned by government agentcys before and so I lack trust in most of them. One thing is for certian is I decided to still write the letter anyway today to the address I have been given and hope for a reponse from the Veterans Administrations and I am told today that if nothing wrong on the response from the Agentcy office in Philidelphia,PA then just forget about it and I was oppolgized to by the last representive that I talked to on the phone at the Veterans Affairs call center for what she calls a Agentcy error on the part of the Veterans Administration. I have to say humm?? cause I don't know what to believe and who is telling the truth or just lieing to save their job and or it is for real and I will have to pay back the money.. Lots of questions I have about this issue and still feel someone is trying to do something bad to me after the all the phone calls I have made to this government agentcy.. Is it a legal trap diliberately set for me hoping I won't be able to pay the money back and go to prison the rest of my life or is it a hoax and somebody in goverment again trying to defraud me as has happened before to me or someone else is printing this scam letter trying to get money from me???? This is the questions I have about this issue after this Veterans Administration file on my father has been closed for a year now and what more I can do to resolve it I am not sure but I will try to do this so no legal problems come from it.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Pop Star Mike Jackon's Funeral Today
Today Is Mike Jacksons funeral in Los Angles California and I want to comment on his Life. He was a different kinds of man that created his own type of music and that he did this well was a true statement. I never liked his music but as a musician myself I certianly do appreciate him for becoming a mega star and joining the ranks of being a great celebrety. I am a guitar player and keyboard man myself so I have a general understanding of how you get to be good at music but Mike Jackson created a new music style and genre all on his own. I think it is great to do something like this and be a great success as he made himself in the 1980's and through to the 2000 years . I did think he was strange in his life choices but from everything I know he used his fame and wealth to help the less fortunate people of earth and he believed in God that made him a good person. I don't think all that the bad in his life was really what the news media made him out to be as a bad person but instead a man just trying to do a great career and raise his kids on his own terms. Well the world lost a great music star and a really creative talent but his music and fame I believe will live on just like Elvis Presley did and so it it with this honor I say good bye to a living legend today as he has his funeral and is buried today and hope he is never forgotten for all the good he did in life. Mike Jackson Rest In Peace with God!!!!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Great Farrahism Quote From Farrah
LIFE IS NOT MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF BREATHS WE TAKE BUT BY THE TIMES WE ARE MADE BREATHLESS. This is a quote from Farrah Fawcett on what she thought of life and doing things her way... I thought today I would share this quote with everybody about how my beloved darling Farrah treated living on earth and other people in her lifetime.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy Fourth Of July Today
Today is a day to appreciate this country that you grown up in what is called America and celebrate your life here. I am thankfull to have grown up and live in such a large and deverse country as America really is if you travel enough to see it. I want to celebrate this country today asI am doing and it's constitution and for all the complexity that makes it real. Happy July 4th to everyone and hope you have a wonderfull holiday celebrating with your family and friends as I do here. If you have traveled enough you definately see as I have that this country is a huge place to call home and has alot of different things every where that you go to see them. Reflecting on the heritage of America it is easy to see that it is a grander place that the rest of the world to call home and that is why so many all over this planet come here to start a new way of life.. We simply have more of everything and that is what people want and that is very good for us here to be a beacon to the rest of earth. So with that thought I wish everyone a really great family holiday celebration and hope your life is filled with joy and peace on this really great holiday... Peace and Joy to everyone in America.... Smile Today America it's your Birthday!!!!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Trying to Decide on Guitar Amps
I want to get a new guitar amp so I can play my Gibson guitar but there is too many different brands and models to choose from. This does pose a real problem as i have certian ideas as to what i really want for features. I know i am willing to pay about 200 dollors for it but not many amps are real good at this cost or below. I am thinking of maybe Line 6 amp but still I like Marshall amps too so this is not a easy decision to make. It really comes down to features and how good it sounds and what I am going to pay for the amp. I hope the music store tommorrow will shed more light on what I can get for the money I am willing to spend. I just created a couple of new songs last week and can't wait to try them out on the Gibson and the acoustic too.
Take care,
==> Rick <<<<<<<<<<<<
any suggestions let me know I could sure use the help.. smile...
Take care,
==> Rick <<<<<<<<<<<<
any suggestions let me know I could sure use the help.. smile...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Living With Loss of Farrah Fawcett
I think it is fitting to just say a few words about Farrah and what it means to lose a great person. I feel that this loss is more personal to me that that of other women in my life that are gone either by moving away or by death. I want to say that Farrah was a real loving, caring women but also a real great mind and visionary in her own way. I love the faith that she showed as a Christian and admired and love her for her devotion to God and the Catholic Church. I think her faith is one of the many things that first made her real as a person and a person of beauty that trancended all parts of her life. Just sitting here reflecting on Farrah's life and death is difficult for me to know that unfortunately what she and we will never get to share anything together as two people of Christain faith because she is dead and gone now. Well also she will never get to know and share my love and affection for her is really hard for me to deal with as I feel she would have really wanted to be with me. I am sure that she would probabily feel the same way about me too if she had been given a real chance to know me in person. I unfortunately was not part of her inner circle of people in her life but I certianly would love to be married to her and I wish she would have known this and me in person. So I sit here sad over losing her but also sad over the facts that Farrah did not get to meet me in person and have fun together and share good times and her battle with cancer too. I just think this is terrible for me but also for Farrah that she died and is gone now so I say to Farrah My Love... I Love You Allways... you are not and will not be Forgotten by Me Farrah.... Peace of Christ to You .... Psalm 24 and Mark 6 John 13 in the Holy Bible is for you...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A Heart Felt and Tear Filled Somber Goodbye To Farrah Fawcett
Actress Farrah Fawcett remembered at LA funeral
– Ryan O'Neal touches the back of the hearse carrying Farrah Fawcett's casket after her funeral service …
Tue Jun 30, 10:52 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called "stirring."
Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
After the ceremony, mourners said they overheard O'Neal as he tapped on the hearse's back door and said, "So long, babe."
Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart and "Charlie's Angels" co-star Kate Jackson were among early arrivals before the hearse pulled up, accompanied by 10 motorcycle officers.
Two mourners carried copies of Fawcett's iconic poster, showing the actress wearing a red swimsuit, tousled blond curls and a broad smile.
The service, which was closed to the public, lasted more than an hour as fans and the news media watched from across a street.
About 500 people were invited to the service, said entertainment journalist Eliot Tiegel, who attended as a guest with his wife, Bonnie, a producer of TV's "Entertainment Tonight."
"It was one of the most musical funerals I've ever been to, and that's what happens when you go to a show-business funeral," he said after the ceremony. "Overall, it was very stirring."
Singer-songwriters Carol Bayer Sager and Richard Marx were among the guests, Tiegel said.
Fawcett's and O'Neal's 24-year-old son, Redmond, gave the service's first reading. He has been jailed in a drug case but received a judge's permission to attend the funeral.
Accompanied by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, Redmond O'Neal wore a suit and "was somber," agency spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
The funeral program, which featured a photograph of a smiling Fawcett, also said Ryan O'Neal read the 23rd Psalm and eulogies were to be given by Stewart and Dr. Lawrence Piro, Fawcett's cancer specialist.
A bagpiper was the first to emerge from the cathedral after the service, followed by several priests and the pallbearers carrying Fawcett's casket. Her father was helped into a limousine as dozens of other mourners waited nearby to board several white shuttle buses.
Fawcett died Thursday at age 62 after a public battle with cancer. O'Neal and Stewart were at her side.
"After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," O'Neal said in a statement last week. "Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
Diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006, Fawcett's battle with the disease was documented in "Farrah's Story," which aired last month on NBC.
Stewart, a producer of the documentary, said Fawcett was "much more than a friend; she was my sister."
"Although I will miss her terribly, I know in my heart that she will always be there as that angel on the shoulder of everyone who loved her," Stewart said in a statement.
Ryan O'Neal waved to reporters and fans as he got into a limousine after the service.
– Ryan O'Neal touches the back of the hearse carrying Farrah Fawcett's casket after her funeral service …
Tue Jun 30, 10:52 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called "stirring."
Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
After the ceremony, mourners said they overheard O'Neal as he tapped on the hearse's back door and said, "So long, babe."
Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart and "Charlie's Angels" co-star Kate Jackson were among early arrivals before the hearse pulled up, accompanied by 10 motorcycle officers.
Two mourners carried copies of Fawcett's iconic poster, showing the actress wearing a red swimsuit, tousled blond curls and a broad smile.
The service, which was closed to the public, lasted more than an hour as fans and the news media watched from across a street.
About 500 people were invited to the service, said entertainment journalist Eliot Tiegel, who attended as a guest with his wife, Bonnie, a producer of TV's "Entertainment Tonight."
"It was one of the most musical funerals I've ever been to, and that's what happens when you go to a show-business funeral," he said after the ceremony. "Overall, it was very stirring."
Singer-songwriters Carol Bayer Sager and Richard Marx were among the guests, Tiegel said.
Fawcett's and O'Neal's 24-year-old son, Redmond, gave the service's first reading. He has been jailed in a drug case but received a judge's permission to attend the funeral.
Accompanied by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, Redmond O'Neal wore a suit and "was somber," agency spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
The funeral program, which featured a photograph of a smiling Fawcett, also said Ryan O'Neal read the 23rd Psalm and eulogies were to be given by Stewart and Dr. Lawrence Piro, Fawcett's cancer specialist.
A bagpiper was the first to emerge from the cathedral after the service, followed by several priests and the pallbearers carrying Fawcett's casket. Her father was helped into a limousine as dozens of other mourners waited nearby to board several white shuttle buses.
Fawcett died Thursday at age 62 after a public battle with cancer. O'Neal and Stewart were at her side.
"After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," O'Neal said in a statement last week. "Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
Diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006, Fawcett's battle with the disease was documented in "Farrah's Story," which aired last month on NBC.
Stewart, a producer of the documentary, said Fawcett was "much more than a friend; she was my sister."
"Although I will miss her terribly, I know in my heart that she will always be there as that angel on the shoulder of everyone who loved her," Stewart said in a statement.
Ryan O'Neal waved to reporters and fans as he got into a limousine after the service.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A Tribute To Farrah Fawcett and Her Life 1947-2009 Died June 25t,2009 at Age 62
Farrah Fawcett 1947-2009
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Redmond O'Neal will be temporarily freed from jail to attend the funeral of his mother, actress Farrah Fawcett, on Tuesday, officials said.
Actress Farrah Fawcett, known for her blonde mane and gleaming smile, died Thursday at age 62.
Farrah Fawcett's 1976 poster
Fawcett moved on after just one season. By then, she was already a phenomenon, having donned a one-piece red bathing suit and a perfect smile for her legendary pin-up poster, which sold a still-record 12 million copies. "I became famous almost before I had a craft," Fawcett told The New York Times in 1986, four years after her divorce from Majors. (By then, she was already involved with Ryan O'Neal.) "I didn't study drama at school. I was an art major. Suddenly, when I was doing Charlie's Angels, I was getting all this fan mail, and I didn't really know why. I don't think anybody else did, either."
Bumpy Film Career
Though she left TV for what was assumed to be greener pastures – feature films – Fawcett's initial three big-screen vehicles all crash-landed. Her first, 1978's Somebody Killed Her Husband, was lampooned in MAD magazine under the title, Somebody Killed Her Career. It took some serious dramatic TV roles, including that of a battered wife in 1984's The Burning Bed (which earned her an Emmy nomination), as well as starring in small-screen biopics about pioneering photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White and ill-fated Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton, for Fawcett to bounce back. "What would you do if someone said to you, 'You're so popular right now that you can be on the cover of every magazine, but if you do that, you might get overexposed and a backlash will develop'?" Fawcett told The Times after she had emerged from one of the valleys of her career. Still, she said of fighting for survival in Hollywood, "That's life. Everything has positive and negative consequences."
-- The following is roundup of reactions to the death of actress Farrah Fawcett, as compiled by Fawcett died Thursday, after battling cancer.
"" Ryan O'Neal said family and friends "take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah."
She was 62.
• Ryan O'Neal, Fawcett's longtime companion: "After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away. Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
• Alana Stewart, her longtime friend: "There are no words to express the deep sense of loss that I feel. For 30 years Farrah was much more than a friend, she was my sister, and although I will miss her terribly I know in my heart that she will always be there as that angel on the shoulder of everyone who loved her.
• Jaclyn Smith, who co-starred with Fawcett in the TV series "Charlie's Angels": "Farrah had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels."
• Cheryl Ladd, who became the third "Angel" in the series after Fawcett left after the first season: "I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arm
• Craig J. Nevius, the executive producer and director of "Farrah's Story" and "Chasing Farrah": "Farrah was and is the true definition of an 'icon.' She was of her time but transcended her time. As unique as her name, Farrah was a completely original combination of poster girl, serious actress, tabloid celebrity, role model, talk show personality and social advocate: her career spanned more than four decades and personified the tremendous power and influence of entertainment on our culture.
"Not many stars can be credited with inspiring both a hair style and changes in legislation (surrounding domestic violence and more recently patient privacy). And she did it without posturing or campaigning but by simply choosing her own path and making her own rules. Farrah remained relevant to the very end. She will be remembered as the modern Mona Lisa and so much more."
• Robert Duvall, who directed and starred in "The Apostle" with Fawcett: "Farrah had an outstanding talent, better than most feature-film actresses that I've seen. She was great to work with and will be missed."
• George Hamilton: "She was the strongest woman I ever met who fought this battle for three years to the end. She never felt sorry for herself, and was the sweetest and kindest lady. I will miss her. "
• Tori Spelling: "Farrah was an inspiration to all and had the most amazing spirit. She was one of the kindest, sweetest, and funniest women of I've had the privilege of knowing and I'm proud to have called her a friend. Her smile will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with her family."
• Chevy Chase, who appeared with Fawcett in the 1995 movie "Man of the House": "Farrah was more than a beautiful star. She shared the most intimate part of living with the world even as she approached the end of her own life.
"Graceful in life and graceful as she neared the end, I found working with her to be one of the nicest experiences I've ever had in film."
• Jackie Collins: "Farrah Fawcett was a beautiful, talented and thoughtful friend. When she starred in my movie 'Hollywood Wives - The New Generation,' she was the consummate professional, sometimes working until 2 a.m. She was a shining light in Hollywood, and she will be missed by all who knew her."
• Elizabeth "Terry" T.H. Fontham, American Cancer Society national volunteer president: "We are saddened at the news of the passing of Farrah Fawcett. Ms. Fawcett served as the American Cancer Society's chairperson for Women Against Cancer in the early 1980s, appearing in a public service announcement where she encouraged viewers to avoid smoking and get regular cancer checkups. Her public battle against cancer these past few years is a reminder of the work still to be done, and of the toll cancer still takes. Her support of those efforts, and her unique approach to life, will be missed."
• Marie Osmond: "Farrah debuted on the original 'Donny and Marie' show with Lee Majors from 'The Six Million Dollar Man.' Standing next to this stunningly gorgeous woman as a teenager, there was no doubt in my mind that she was going to be a 600-million-dollar star. Many people have since asked me: Was Farrah as beautiful in person? The answer is yes. And the courageous way she handled the trials in her life proves she was not only beautiful outside but inside as well.
LOS ANGELES, California -- Redmond O'Neal will be temporarily freed from jail to attend the funeral of his mother, actress Farrah Fawcett, on Tuesday, officials said.
Actress Farrah Fawcett, known for her blonde mane and gleaming smile, died Thursday at age 62.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Redmond O'Neal will be temporarily freed from jail to attend the funeral of his mother, actress Farrah Fawcett, on Tuesday, officials said.
Actress Farrah Fawcett, known for her blonde mane and gleaming smile, died Thursday at age 62.
Farrah Fawcett's 1976 poster
Fawcett moved on after just one season. By then, she was already a phenomenon, having donned a one-piece red bathing suit and a perfect smile for her legendary pin-up poster, which sold a still-record 12 million copies. "I became famous almost before I had a craft," Fawcett told The New York Times in 1986, four years after her divorce from Majors. (By then, she was already involved with Ryan O'Neal.) "I didn't study drama at school. I was an art major. Suddenly, when I was doing Charlie's Angels, I was getting all this fan mail, and I didn't really know why. I don't think anybody else did, either."
Bumpy Film Career
Though she left TV for what was assumed to be greener pastures – feature films – Fawcett's initial three big-screen vehicles all crash-landed. Her first, 1978's Somebody Killed Her Husband, was lampooned in MAD magazine under the title, Somebody Killed Her Career. It took some serious dramatic TV roles, including that of a battered wife in 1984's The Burning Bed (which earned her an Emmy nomination), as well as starring in small-screen biopics about pioneering photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White and ill-fated Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton, for Fawcett to bounce back. "What would you do if someone said to you, 'You're so popular right now that you can be on the cover of every magazine, but if you do that, you might get overexposed and a backlash will develop'?" Fawcett told The Times after she had emerged from one of the valleys of her career. Still, she said of fighting for survival in Hollywood, "That's life. Everything has positive and negative consequences."
-- The following is roundup of reactions to the death of actress Farrah Fawcett, as compiled by Fawcett died Thursday, after battling cancer.
"" Ryan O'Neal said family and friends "take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah."
She was 62.
• Ryan O'Neal, Fawcett's longtime companion: "After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away. Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
• Alana Stewart, her longtime friend: "There are no words to express the deep sense of loss that I feel. For 30 years Farrah was much more than a friend, she was my sister, and although I will miss her terribly I know in my heart that she will always be there as that angel on the shoulder of everyone who loved her.
• Jaclyn Smith, who co-starred with Fawcett in the TV series "Charlie's Angels": "Farrah had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels."
• Cheryl Ladd, who became the third "Angel" in the series after Fawcett left after the first season: "I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arm
• Craig J. Nevius, the executive producer and director of "Farrah's Story" and "Chasing Farrah": "Farrah was and is the true definition of an 'icon.' She was of her time but transcended her time. As unique as her name, Farrah was a completely original combination of poster girl, serious actress, tabloid celebrity, role model, talk show personality and social advocate: her career spanned more than four decades and personified the tremendous power and influence of entertainment on our culture.
"Not many stars can be credited with inspiring both a hair style and changes in legislation (surrounding domestic violence and more recently patient privacy). And she did it without posturing or campaigning but by simply choosing her own path and making her own rules. Farrah remained relevant to the very end. She will be remembered as the modern Mona Lisa and so much more."
• Robert Duvall, who directed and starred in "The Apostle" with Fawcett: "Farrah had an outstanding talent, better than most feature-film actresses that I've seen. She was great to work with and will be missed."
• George Hamilton: "She was the strongest woman I ever met who fought this battle for three years to the end. She never felt sorry for herself, and was the sweetest and kindest lady. I will miss her. "
• Tori Spelling: "Farrah was an inspiration to all and had the most amazing spirit. She was one of the kindest, sweetest, and funniest women of I've had the privilege of knowing and I'm proud to have called her a friend. Her smile will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with her family."
• Chevy Chase, who appeared with Fawcett in the 1995 movie "Man of the House": "Farrah was more than a beautiful star. She shared the most intimate part of living with the world even as she approached the end of her own life.
"Graceful in life and graceful as she neared the end, I found working with her to be one of the nicest experiences I've ever had in film."
• Jackie Collins: "Farrah Fawcett was a beautiful, talented and thoughtful friend. When she starred in my movie 'Hollywood Wives - The New Generation,' she was the consummate professional, sometimes working until 2 a.m. She was a shining light in Hollywood, and she will be missed by all who knew her."
• Elizabeth "Terry" T.H. Fontham, American Cancer Society national volunteer president: "We are saddened at the news of the passing of Farrah Fawcett. Ms. Fawcett served as the American Cancer Society's chairperson for Women Against Cancer in the early 1980s, appearing in a public service announcement where she encouraged viewers to avoid smoking and get regular cancer checkups. Her public battle against cancer these past few years is a reminder of the work still to be done, and of the toll cancer still takes. Her support of those efforts, and her unique approach to life, will be missed."
• Marie Osmond: "Farrah debuted on the original 'Donny and Marie' show with Lee Majors from 'The Six Million Dollar Man.' Standing next to this stunningly gorgeous woman as a teenager, there was no doubt in my mind that she was going to be a 600-million-dollar star. Many people have since asked me: Was Farrah as beautiful in person? The answer is yes. And the courageous way she handled the trials in her life proves she was not only beautiful outside but inside as well.
LOS ANGELES, California -- Redmond O'Neal will be temporarily freed from jail to attend the funeral of his mother, actress Farrah Fawcett, on Tuesday, officials said.
Actress Farrah Fawcett, known for her blonde mane and gleaming smile, died Thursday at age 62.
Farrah Has Her Funeral Today
I wanted to post this for a long time and hoped Farrah would live longer than she did so she would come to knowing me personally. In fact I hoped someday she would read my letters that I wrote to her on the internet and hand written to her before she died on June 25,2009. I can only hope that she read my letters and she came to knowing that someone esle on earth loved her very much and that about me it was personal with her and not being a fan of her celeberty status. I fell very much in love with Farrah in 20's age at the time and I wanted to meet Farrah and even still this year I wanted her to get to know me and share a mutual life story with each other in person. I have stayed silent about my feelings for Farrah Fawcett for almost twenty years now. I want to write this tribute to the one and only women on earth I really loved and wanted to marry and have children with. Through out my life other women were allways jealous of some mystery blonde haired women and only my ex-wife got to know the truth which sent her over the edge and she tried to kill herself over it. I have stayed silent about my love for Farrah except for my hand written and internet letters to her personally as I thought it best to do this for Farrah's well being. I have known that Farrah had many people that she was close to and cared about but that she never got to know a real marriage partner in another state in person really hurts me. I tell myself that maybe she got to read my leters and know me in person she would have maybe loved me over time and made arrangements to start a relationship with me. Farrah I wish you could read this and would still be living so we could share a life story and journey together. Farrah my darling I wish allso you would have chosen marraige with me instead of those you did do. We could have had a great life together and now that your gone I don't know how to live without ever being able to see you and have a realationship with you. This is a awefull last few days for me that you my dearest Farrah have died on me and one that kills my heart and all that is good. For me Farrah I held you dearest to me and loved you as a real good women of faith,caring,caracter and being the best women on earth to become married to and raise a family with and have a great fun filled life with. I hurt greatly over your death my sweatheart Farrah and want so much for your family to know how much you have and still do mean greatly to one man on this planet earth. I sit here and grieve for you in sadness and misery that you are gone and you will never get to know me in person. I want to thank Allen Miller and Alana Stewart and Redmond Fawcett her son and Greg Lott for the caring that they showed the most important love of my life and anyone else who I did not list here. I hope that my dearest Farrah's family including Redmond in California and DAD etc. in Texas to know that I miss her and will allways love her and that I send my condolences to them on this day of her funeral June 30,2009. I know that I belong going to her funeral today at the church service and cemetary to say goodbye to her and but I was never invited
unfortunately and that also hurts. I will one day in the future kneel down at her grave site and place a wreath of roses on her and I will come to see her as much as I can from here on. I will be placing letters and wreaths and flowers and speaking to her at her grave this I am going to do for the one women who I love very much and will continue to honor her for the rest of my life.. Even after no one else goes to see her where she is at the cemetary and she is forgotten in death sadly. I will see to it she is cared for, she will never be forgotten by me as I will continue to see her and care for her and her grave. God Bless you Farrah and I Love You Sweetie Forever.. This is my feeling in the open now and I wish she (Farrah) could read this today living instead of a funeral for my one true love Farrah Fawcett.. Rest In the Peace Of God and Heaven My One True Love..
-==>> Rick<<<<<==========
I prayed for you everday for you to get well Farrah and I want everyone to know this.
This is a horrible day for Farrah and for me and her family. Please make donations to make her grave and legacy a National Shrine and for the perpetual care of her. Please also give donations in her name to the American Cancer Society and all other charities she supported I ask of this to be done for Farrah and by the me the man who loves her. Thank You...
Note: I am going to try to make her and her legacy and her grave a National Shrine and I am going to try to get worldwide support for this I hope this can be done as I feel this is the right thing to do for the women I love. I will try the rest of my life to accomplish this for Farrah because she deserves this to happen to her. I promise Farrah Darling you are not going to be forgotten at all my love.
unfortunately and that also hurts. I will one day in the future kneel down at her grave site and place a wreath of roses on her and I will come to see her as much as I can from here on. I will be placing letters and wreaths and flowers and speaking to her at her grave this I am going to do for the one women who I love very much and will continue to honor her for the rest of my life.. Even after no one else goes to see her where she is at the cemetary and she is forgotten in death sadly. I will see to it she is cared for, she will never be forgotten by me as I will continue to see her and care for her and her grave. God Bless you Farrah and I Love You Sweetie Forever.. This is my feeling in the open now and I wish she (Farrah) could read this today living instead of a funeral for my one true love Farrah Fawcett.. Rest In the Peace Of God and Heaven My One True Love..
-==>> Rick<<<<<==========
I prayed for you everday for you to get well Farrah and I want everyone to know this.
This is a horrible day for Farrah and for me and her family. Please make donations to make her grave and legacy a National Shrine and for the perpetual care of her. Please also give donations in her name to the American Cancer Society and all other charities she supported I ask of this to be done for Farrah and by the me the man who loves her. Thank You...
Note: I am going to try to make her and her legacy and her grave a National Shrine and I am going to try to get worldwide support for this I hope this can be done as I feel this is the right thing to do for the women I love. I will try the rest of my life to accomplish this for Farrah because she deserves this to happen to her. I promise Farrah Darling you are not going to be forgotten at all my love.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
My Birthday Today and Micheal Jackson Death
I wanted to write something good about my birthday as to the fact that now as of today I am 41 years old. I guess I can say Yippie and celebrate another milestone for me in life but I wish I could be enjoying this day with my ex-wife Michelle and my dog Brownie. I really want them both to be here with me to share this day and every day with both of them. For this I am very sad and miss them both Brownie and Michelle alot on this day on my birthday and will pray for them. I made it another year on earth and that is great since so many other people I have known are dead and gone. I can look foward to who knows what for a future ahead but I am Glad God will be there to help me and hopefully bring Brownie and Michelle back into my life and I love them both. I also want to reflect on Micheal Jackson dead at age 50 yesterday which comes as a great surprise to me since I thought he was in good health. I never much cared for his music but I did respect him as a great music talent and proformer. I think that he did alot of good for the world being a caring and giving man but I did not know him personally. He did however bring in to focus many issues in his lifetime and gave his time and money to helping the less fortunate people of earth. I give him credit for all the good and accomplishments he made in his life and for all the people he helped. I hope he is not forgotten for he did alot of good and even though he was strange as a person but he still made a good worldly impact on earth. I still think it is sad that someone die so young at the age of 50 and leave behind kids that needed a father and a role model as he certianly was to many people all over this planet earth. Basically I think he made a difference in a good way and did alot of good for all the people he knew in his life though his music and personally as a man which is good. I give the Jackson family and all of Mike Jacksons family my condolences and his friends too. I hope some day the Jackson family will heal and come to terms with the loss that they are now going through. Rest In PEACE Micheal JACKSON with God now... Amen..
Friday, June 26, 2009
Death of Farrah Fawcett
Well I think it is something I should do today is to write about the people who died Thursday June 25th 2009.. I can't believe that Farrah Fawcett has died of cancer after her 3 year battle with cancer. It is shocking that someone I thought very highly of and admired very much for her beauty and kindness as a person is gone now. I allways from the time I was a teenage man wanted to meet her and be her friend. This is the pits that I will never get to meet her and have that one special friend named Farrah Fawcett. I hate what death does to everything good on this earth as it destroys only the good on earth and leaves the bad people with some exceptions to continue living. I am feeling cheated that I will never get to meet Farrah in person and have that friendship I allways have wanted. Farrah never got to know me and will never get to unfortunately know the impact of what she did as a women to me. She is the standard including Princess Dianna Spencer by which I rate women as a worthwhile marriage partner and allway have done this in my life. Farrah I wish you could know that you mattered very much to me and I looked at you as a exsample of the best of what female is on earth. Yes I have met a few women in my life in your class of beauty,brains,creative and very loving caring person but then you are special to me. Many women throughout my life never understanded that you are the standard by which I compared all other women by and about. You achieved many great things in your life and I admired you for all the good and for the deep faith in God you are about. I write this as a tribute today to you Farrah as my heart is numb from your dieing from cancer that I cared about you. I am sad that will never get to know me but that I have prayed you would get well and not die from cancer. I have seen in my life alot of people die but you are a special person just like Dianna Spencer as you made every one have to be more like you. This is good that you made other women realize that there is someone who is special and try to make themselves try to achieve the same kind of success as you did. I want to personally send my condolences to Farrah Fawcett's family and those who are close friends of hers. I lost my dad in 2007 and miss him alot so I know how it feels to lose someone you care about. With this sadness I say good bye to you Farrah Fawcett and will allways remember you as the Playboy women who ever other women I have dated and been married to had to live up to being you. So Rest In Peace Farrah and know that I cared about you and thought the world of you secretly. I hope that your family and friends will read this as well as Ryan O'Neal your husband and I thank them all for staying with Farrah to end of her life. You are all good people and deserve to be commended for the good that you did to help her with her vison and with her life and death.. Farrah you were the kindest and most caring women I have ever gotten to know even though it was remotely throught television and other media. I will not forget you and the very high standard of womenhood you set for the world and your courage and success. This is very sad for me to sit here and be writing this about you Farrah Fawcett a real icon of Beauty...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Blogging Makes Money
I have decided to add Adsense to my blog to improve it and hopefully be able to get more of my friends to join me here.. I know this is new to me doing blogging but i want to continue to improve this as time goes on. I hope to add video in the future and and eventually more interesting stories to this as i workout the bugs of becoming fimilair with this new median of the internet.. Keep my fingers crossed that I am able to do a better job at this as time goes on and make the needed changes that make this a better place to visit.
Visiting With Church Friends
I do have to write this piece this morning that I am going to see and spend time with some church friends as i think this would be good to do today. My truck is another issues though as I inspected it later in the day and it seems as though I developed another leak gussing from the tranfer case and turque converter for my 4 wheel drive.. This happened yesterday after I blew my rear driveshaft and still not sure if I fried the tranny but I don't think that happened. Maybe I am lucky and did not blow up the tranny after all I hope for that but I know the rear universial for the drive shaft just shattered and most of it is missing.. I hope i can just store the OLD Boss till I get the money to fix it or decide to junk it. I need to buy another good running truck or van to take up the slack in the meantime for this loss so i can still drive something around. it would be nice to finally have a truck or van that is much newer and runs good plus something I don't have to stop and fix every day I want to use it. I don't mind the repairs if it is minor stuff every once in a while but not when I got to fix it every day and week that really is awefull.. I hope to pick up my Guitar this week to from the music store and also work on my bike a little so I can ride it again. This is Birthday week for me and hope things get better for me now and the future so i can accomplish more things i want and need to get done..
Monday, June 22, 2009
Truck Problem Conflict
It's monday and I just tried to drive my truck which worked good for a while until the driveshaft in the rear shattered a my transmission spewed fliud every where.. I guess that the old Boss is ready for the junk yard and I am forced to buy another vehicle sooner than what i was hoping for would happen.. This is close to my birthday and now I am forced to walk every where and I don't like it.. You just never know how bad life can be until it hits you and you have to find a solution to it to fix the problem. I hate older trucks because you got to fix it daily and you never stop pouring money into it in parts and labour costs. I think this might be the end of this vehicle permanently this time as I am going to buy something else soon if and when I got the money for it.. This is a very bad day having this truck quit and having to walk to do everything. I wish these type of days did not happen and then life would be a little better for me..
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Transportation and Everything Else
Well I started out this week on a good note being that I fixed my battery problem for the I don't know probabily 500th time this year. So now my truck runs and drives all though it seems to be not much better than the last time I drove it. It did this time however blow the raidiator overflow tank and leaked fluid ever where again. I just put a new one in less than a year ago and now it is blown again. I sure wish it would stop doing this as it is very expensive to keep replaceing it and the hose or hoses that connect to it. I find owning this vehicle to be alot of compounded problems and as soon as I fix one another problem starts happening. I just got it to drive again and now more things to fix as it seems to continue to do this weekly to me. On a better note though I finally ordered my Gibson guitar and hould be able to play it sooner I hope..
I also donated to CBN a christian ministry to help feed the people in africa and around the world that need help. With my donation it will help Operation Blessing distrubute food and clothing and needed medical supplies to the poor in this world who have nothing. I am glad i can help people even though I am dirt poor myself and don't have much to name. Today is a mixed day for me and I sure hope tommorrow brings something better as in good to me.
I also donated to CBN a christian ministry to help feed the people in africa and around the world that need help. With my donation it will help Operation Blessing distrubute food and clothing and needed medical supplies to the poor in this world who have nothing. I am glad i can help people even though I am dirt poor myself and don't have much to name. Today is a mixed day for me and I sure hope tommorrow brings something better as in good to me.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Hello Friends
HI Friends,
I just thought I would add a little noted comment here that you can join me on Facebook and on this blog all at the same time.. My facebook profile is under my name and my user name is rn57002835 if you want to give me shout that is great.. Today I am hoping to add some some new songs that i have in my head and finally write them down on paper and maybe if I can do it make some cool music out of it.. Funny thing what happens to you if you forget it and try to remember it later because you feel stupid and wish you written it down.. Take care every one and I will write more later..
I just thought I would add a little noted comment here that you can join me on Facebook and on this blog all at the same time.. My facebook profile is under my name and my user name is rn57002835 if you want to give me shout that is great.. Today I am hoping to add some some new songs that i have in my head and finally write them down on paper and maybe if I can do it make some cool music out of it.. Funny thing what happens to you if you forget it and try to remember it later because you feel stupid and wish you written it down.. Take care every one and I will write more later..
Transpootation Problems
Well, Today is wednesday and I thought Iwould write a short peice on my current delemma. it seems that the old Boss machine is acting like more and more a junker clunker these days in spite of my repairing it repeatedly. My poor heap of metal called my red truck is really showing it's age as it just turned 20 years old this year. To make matters worse it seems bent on blowing hoses faster than I can keep up replaceing them which can and does aggravate me to no end. I forgotten how many times i have had to cut a hose and clamp it just to stop it from leaking or worse spewing all the fluid everywhere. I just keep telling myself it going to get better but then something else goes wrong and I am forced to fix that too. I recently had another leak in the tranny somewhere and decided for a short time just to park it and not drive it till I fix this problem.. Talk about frustration that in addition to this my truck seems to be a nagging source of complaints from who ever rides with me that they are calling it junk. I want to buy another vehicle but that costs money and I still and not any closer to rich finance wise than I ever have been in life. I could ride my bike but that sucks in rain and other nasty weather when you need to drive something safer and faster to get where you want to go. I note that I have not wote on my blog in a while and should be keeping it current but i am busy writing songs and books and a movie I hope to start filming soon. Oh well you can't do everything at the same time but i sure do try to do it that way.. It was really nice to hear from my best friend Fred over the last week and to catch up with what is going on in his life. It is also great to get a e-mail from a book publisher who is showing interest in possible publishing one or more of my books that I am writting. I sure hope this publisher is serious about doing this as I would like to to get these books out on the market soon. That's all for today that comes to mind and I will write something more later...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Holiday Happings
Its's great to get to Memorial day as this means nice parades to go to and lots of friends want to see you again. I think I am going to spend this day just remembering my family,ex wife Michelle and my 2 dogs that died Lester,Charlie and 1 dog Brownie who was stolen from me in Nov. 2007 still living when stolen . I hope brownie that he's alive still and I will see him someday sooner and get him back from the people who stole him. I remember my african grey bird named bimini,momma rabbit my new zealand and the other a mini rex rabbit named chocolate as well as my lifetime freinds who have made my world a nicer place to live in. I thank all of them for what they have done and for supporting me when no one wanted to do that. I must allways thank you to God and his family for all the great things that he has given me and done for me so that with this life has made it better for me. I am going to go to the beach today and hopefully see a parade this day and fireworks too.. I love Memorial Day for some things but the loss of people and animals this day is a day to remember them and to be sad at thier being gone.. I miss you all and will not forget all of you that I have known and cared for over my life time. This is what Memorial Day means to me plus a celebration of this country and what it used to stand for being free but sadly and unfortunately no longer do we as a people and a nation have freedom.
Monday today is Memorial Day May 25th 2009
Today is Memorial Day and so I thought I would write this blog today in memory of the members of my family who are dead. They served this country with great service both public and private in their life and did many things to emprove the world. I think of my father who was the designer and brains of most of the Navy ship building in this country and his designs and engineering genius could not be matched by anyone living. He silently created in his little office at General Dynamics and other places he worked over his lifetime designs for ships,aircraft and for the space program at NASA a veriety of components that were far advanced in the future and gave this country a unique advantage. My father was a master inventor and engineering genius that is in secret projects his designs ships,planes,all types of other components he created. I know that all that stuff is still being used to advance the cause of space exploration and even the modern passenger jet made by Boeing has most if not all his design and technology in it. The Navy and all the other service branches uses his inventions and designs to better the advantage of this country. I honor a simple man today who served in the korean war aboard ship and in too many other places on this planet that is earth and got a few medals for military service. It really was and is his inventions and designs that he got no public credit for, but that made the most difference for this country and the whole world. My father sought to make a difference by advancing the technology and knowledge of all humanity but sadly he recieved no public Presidential Freedom medal or any public recognition for the all the important inventions he created and developed over his life time. Even today a real hero is easily forgotten and dismissed and that is what has happened to my father since he died in 2007 by all the people and countries of the world and my Dad was a real hero who does deserve a place in national honor and buriel in Arlington cemetary for the great things he did and for all he spoke out in favor of this country. He championed the counsitution and spoke in favor of the right to free speech and the right to bear arms and all other things related to the independance of America. I remember him speaking in front of many state and national congress hearings on first and second etc. rights over his lifetime and he was widely listened to and many of ideas were adopted into law. Why does a man who gave so much to this country and to all of mankind be left to be forgotten?? I say it is time to honor him the way he does deserves and put him in Arlington National Cemetary and give him the public military funeral he really wanted and give him many nationl honors by the current President Oboma and all the past living Presidents should get together and do this for him.. I remember my Granny who worked in a airplane factory in up state New York making her contribution to the war effort during World War 2 and rivetted planes to together so the could support this counties freedom. I remember both of my uncle by marriage George who was the top gun pilot who started along with three other pilots in the NAVY who started the TOP GUN FLIGHT SCHOOL in Merimar California and was the first instructor at the school to teach pilots to live on the edge and be the best ones in the whole world He was the first top gun ace pilot during korea and vietman war. This made him special as it is but he just made more sucesses in private collaboration with the Navy ove his life. He was also a inventor and designer of many plane and submarine advancements in his Navy and affliliations with the navy and other branches of service. So I honor his success and accomplishments on this day as well as my great uncle chester who served in ever jungle in the pacific area. He remains the first one to be military to ever have reached the top of the island as a marine in Iwo Gima which is called Mount Saribacchi and he was one of seven men standing there when the famed picture was taken showing him and his marine buddies holding the flag smoking a cigerette. So today I honor a man who got the congressional medal of honor and many other medals in marines in the south pacific fighting the japanese and others during World War 2. These are some of my family and what they did to advance freedom,tecnology, and human knowledge over all their lifetimes so it is time honor their accomplishments and remember them on this Memorial Day.. I wish they were all still living so they could coninue their contributions to mankind and freedom.
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