The beautiful and talented Farrah Fawcett died this morning around 9am from a long 3-year battle with anal cancer.

Hours before her death, Fawcett was given her last rites and friends close to Fawcett told Barbara Walters that she was hours away from dying.  Barbara Walters announced it in the opening of her Good Morning America show. 

Farrah Fawcett’s family and friends gathered around her bedside this morning in a hospital in Los Angeles including her fiancé (or planned to be) Ryan O’Neal.  In an interview on the Barbara Walters show, set to air this Friday, Walters asked O’Neal how her current condition was and he was quoted saying, “She’s fighting for her life.” O’Neal and Fawcett had been romantically involved since 1982 and had a son together, but had never been married.

Last month it was noted that Fawcett’s cancer had spread to her liver and that her treatment had effectively ended.  I could not imagine what life would be like knowing you have a very short time to live.

You may remember Fawcett from shows such as:  Charlie’s Angeles, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, and The Six Million Dollar Man.

Farrah Fawcett has left behind her 24 year old son, Redmond O’Neal.

Farrah, you were absolutely beautiful and such a fighter these last few years with cancer.  You will never be forgotten and I hope that you may be able to rest in peace.