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    In Memoriam 2009: Shine says goodbye to greatly missed celebrities

    Farrah Fawcett, 1947 - 2009-
    Actress, model, and style icon Farrah Fawcett won the hearts and fantasies of boys across America with the release of this sexy, simple pin-up poster. Her image went from ... more 
    Farrah Fawcett, 1947 - 2009-
    Actress, model, and style icon Farrah Fawcett won the hearts and fantasies of boys across America with the release of this sexy, simple pin-up poster. Her image went from "All-American beauty" to independent and alluring in the original girl-power series, "Charlie's Angels." Her career became a quest to show her depth as an actress, epitomized in her portrayal of a battered woman in "The Burning Bed." Farrah Fawcett fought anal cancer for three years before her death in Los Angeles. less 
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    Thu, Oct 6, 2011 3:22 PM EDT
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    As the year buzzed with conversation around health care reform, abortion rights, bailouts, Cash for Clunkers, rising stars, and too much celebrity misbehavior, it also seemed that we paused too many times to mourn the loss of well-known people we admired, ogled, felt we knew, and loved.



    Whether these politicians, advocates, performers, and personalities lived for many years or too few, we pay tribute to all they contributed and the legacies -- both commendable and controversial -- they leave behind.