Farrah's infamous poster broke records by selling 12 million copies worldwide and launched her career as a sex symbol.
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One of Charlie's original Angels, Farrah played Jill for one full season on the Aaron Spelling-produced mega-hit, one of the first shows to showcase women as private investigators.
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The original cast of Charlie's Angels included actresses Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett.
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Farrah with Sonny Bono and Cher on the duo's hit series Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1972.
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Farrah and then-husband Lee Majors at the Century Plaza Hotel in 1974. The two met when she guest-starred on Majors' show The Six Million Dollar Man and were married from 1973 to 1982.
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Farrah at the Challenge of the Sexes tennis tournament in a match against comedian Bill Cosby, in Mission Viejo in April 1977.
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Farrah during the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
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Farrah during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on August 11, 1978.
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Prince Charles meets Farrah and singer Johnny Mathis backstage at the London Palladium in 1978.
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Joe Namath and Farrah starred in a classic Noxzema commercial that aired in 1981.
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Ryan O'Neal and Farrah in 1982.
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Farrah in one of her defining roles as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story in 1987.
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Though Playboy had asked Farrah to pose for years, she finally agreed in 1995, and it became the best-selling issue of the '90s.
Farrah and her son Redmond in 1997.
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Farrah starred in Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, based on Collins international best-seller about a new generation of Hollywood women who are driven by fame, fortune and lust in a culture that thrives on glitz, glamour and greed.
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Kate Jackson, Farrah, and Jaclyn Smith during the Aaron Spelling tribute at the 58th Annual Emmy Awards.
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