Unsurprisingly, the focus quickly shifted to her hair—and why wouldn’t it? In the ’70s, Farrah’s feathered hair was the hairstyle we all wanted. But what most fans don’t realize is that she had actually cut several inches off for the Somebody Killed Her Husband movie.
Carson got curious and asked how many requests she got from fans asking for a lock of her hair. But according to Farrah, none of it was saved — whatever was cut off just went straight into the trash.
But Farrah was actually happy with the haircut, and if you look closely at her appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, you can see her hair isn’t as long as usual.
“It was an interesting look, which is what I wanted. I wanted a departure from Farrah and from Jill on Charlie’s Angels,” she said.
A talented sculptor
Fawcett was a talented sculptor. The Los Angeles Times noted her home was full of her works, and she was mentored by sculptor Charles Umlauf. Museum curator Katie Robinson Edwards said, “She was excellent… excellent at sculpture. I think she was always a little bit better in sculpture.”
She was also close friends with Alana Stewart for nearly 40 years. Stewart wrote, “[I] thought she was absolutely beautiful (she later told me she thought the same about me)… Over the years, there was rarely a birthday party or a New Year’s that we didn’t celebrate together.”
Fawcett was also devoted to her mother, Pauline, always keeping a room ready for her visits. She once said, “You’re my best friend. You always have been.”
Her final days
Fawcett’s battle with cancer was filmed and aired by NBC for $1.5 million. Dr. Lawrence Piro, her doctor, told People, “She marched through her illness fearlessly, taking control of her decisions… [She was] committed to fight all the way and as long as she could for all of the piece of life that she was entitled to.”