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  • Jaclyn Smith Turns 70, Continues Farrah Fawcett’s Legacy

    Jaclyn Smith–one of the original Charlie’s Angels–turned 70 on Monday, and looks significantly younger than her years.

    Smith was more interested in talking about the legacy of her late friend and fellow Charlie’s Angels co-star, Farrah Fawcett, than about her 70th birthday when she chatted with Entertainment Tonight, however.

    “I think she wanted to leave behind a legacy,” Jaclyn Smith saysof her friend who died of rectal cancer back in 2009. “It’s wonderful to have watched her never give up.”

    Jaclyn Smith has long been active with the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to “provide funding for cutting edge cancer research, prevention and to help those struggling with cancer today.”

    It was back in 2002 that Jaclyn Smith received her own cancer diagnosis. She had breast cancer, and since she lived through it, she is determined to give back. Smith was honored with a Shining Star award at the Farrah Fawcett Foundation Presents First Annual Tex-Mex Fiesta Benefitting Stand Up to Cancer in Los Angeles in September. The award no doubt meant a great deal to her.

    Jaclyn Smith recently teamed up with the City of Hope, as well as famed hair stylist Jose Eber to provide wigs for cancer patients.

    “Men can shave their head and look cool and modern and trendy, but a woman really has to have a sense of self to be able to carry that off,” she explains. “You have to have these added enhancements to bring you back up.”

    It’s hard to believe that Jaclyn Smith is now 20 years old. It’s likely a bittersweet time for her, realizing Farrah Fawcett never saw this age.

    Kudos to Jaclyn Smith to continuing in Farrah’s footsteps. Her dear friend would surely be proud.

  • Jaclyn Smith Weeps Over Farrah Fawcett’s Death

    Jaclyn Smith was spotted weeping outside a courthouse in Los Angeles on Monday, over the passing of her dear friend and Charlie’s Angels costar Farrah Fawcett. Smith was in court supporting Ryan O’Neal, who was there to defend his right to own a Warhol painting of Farrah. Fawcett died back in 2009, but Smith was clearly overcome with emotion, missing her friend and still mourning her death more than four years later.

    Smith told the New York Post she was emotional over “seeing Redmond, and I miss Farrah.” Redmond O’Neal is Farrah Fawcett’s son with ex-husband Ryan O’Neal. Even though the two never remarried one another, they were very much in love when she died, and he cared for Farrah Fawcett during her darkest days.

    The University of Texas is challenging Ryan O’Neal over an Andy Warhol painting of Farrah Fawcett, saying all the artwork that belonged to Fawcett now belongs to the university. She did leave her art to the University of Texas–having studied there before she was discovered. O’Neal, however, claims Warhol gave this one piece of art to him, and therefore he has the right to keep it.

    In addition to the painting, the university wants Ryan O’Neal to hand over a tablecloth that Warhol doodled on as well.

    The jury is presently out in this case and the verdict about whether Ryan O’Neal gets to keep the Andy Warhol painting of Farrah Fawcett rests in the hands of some who aren’t even old enough to recall either the artist or the actress.

    Jaclyn Smith wants the painting to stay with Ryan O’Neal. Her tears explain the depth of her love for her late friend and the family she left behind.

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  • Jaclyn Smith Wants Painting to Stay with O’Neal

    They played Angels together on television. And it’s apparent that Jaclyn Smith has not completely gotten over the death of her friend Farrah Fawcett, who died from cancer in 2009.

    Smith stood in front of cameras yesterday at the Los Angeles courthouse in defense of Fawcett’s longtime partner Ryan O’Neal. The issue at hand is an Andy Warhol painting of Fawcett reportedly worth millions of dollars. Does the valuable piece of art belong to O’Neal or does it belong to the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Austin, where Fawcett went to school.

    Smith thinks it clearly should stay with O’Neal. The former Charlie’s Angels star said through tears, “I think the most important thing would be imaging what Farrah would want. I really feel Farrah would want that portrait with Ryan.”

    However, Fawcett left all her artwork to the school in her will. O’Neal argues that Warhol himself gave the actor the painting during a telephone conversation. The painting is currently at O’Neal’s house in California and that’s where Redmond, the son of Fawcett and O’Neal, thinks it needs to stay. “This portrait is a family heirloom. It has no money value to me. It’s sentimental. It’s to stay in the family. It’s a beautiful remembrance of my mom, and it belongs where it is.”

    Smith showed up at the courthouse to support O’Neal and Redmond. The actress says that it was the sight of Redmond that got her emotional to the point of tears. Smith described Warhol’s work as a spot on rendition of the 1970s iconic pinup model. “It’s her soul, it’s her eyes, it’s her hair, it’s everything she is.”

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  • Jaclyn Smith Breaks Down Over Farrah Fawcett’s Death

    Former Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith attended a court hearing on Monday to support the late Farrah Fawcett’s widower Ryan O’Neal. Ryan has been battling the courts over a lawsuit that was filed by the University of Texas over an Andy Warhol painting that was owned by the late actress.

    Fawcett died in 2009, at the age of 62, after a long battle with cancer, and left all of her artwork to the University of Texas, where she studied. However, Ryan claims that he is the rightful owner of one of the two Warhol paintings of Fawcett, and is fighting to keep it in his family.

    “The reason I gave it to her is because there was a new woman in my life and the painting was making her uncomfortable; that Farrah seemed to be staring down at her,” O’Neal said in August 2012. “And so I said, ‘Well, I can fix that.’ I took it to Farrah and said ‘Keep this for me. I’ll be back.’”

    “This portrait is a family heirloom,” Fawcett and O’Neal’s son Redmond said. “It has no money value to me. It’s sentimental. It’s to stay in the family. It’s a beautiful remembrance of my mom, and it belongs where it is.”

    Jaclyn has defended Ryan on numerous occasions stating: “I think the most important thing would be imagining what Farrah would want. I really feel Farrah would want that portrait with Ryan.” She also said that if Ryan wins the case, it is also a win for Farrah.

    Once the hearing was over, Jaclyn broke down in tears outside of the courthouse after being spotted hugging Ryan and Redmond. When asked why she was crying, Smith told The New York Post that she broke down after seeing Redmond, and that she missed her dear friend Farrah.

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