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April 30th, 2009, 13:39 GMT · By

Farrah Fawcett Losing Battle with Cancer

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Reports say actress Farrah Fawcett is losing the battle with cancer
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At the beginning of the month, legendary screen siren Farrah Fawcett was hospitalized for an internal bleeding that reportedly had nothing to do with her cancer returning, but with a medical procedure she underwent in Germany. Now, friends close to the star are telling the media that she has been taken home where they are “praying for a miracle,” as AceShowbiz can confirm.

Farrah and Ryan O’Neil’s son, Redmond, currently in jail serving a sentence on drug-related charges, was also released the other day and allowed to visit his mother’s bedside, which has only come to fuel even more the speculation that she is, indeed, losing her battle with cancer. Unnamed, but reportedly reliable sources close to the actress also paint the same tragic picture, saying she has lost the will and power to fight the terrible disease.

“Look. This is all being done so that Farrah can see Redmond while she still is able to talk to him and communicate with him properly. Of course, we’re all praying for a miracle, but the likelihood of that happening is very slim. A key part of Redmond’s visit was so he could swear to his mother that he would stick with a rehab and recovery program.” the presumably trustworthy sources are telling the media.

Farrah’s long but inspiring for so many battle with the disease began in 2006, when she was diagnosed with anal cancer. Following chemotherapy and several other treatments, she was pronounced cancer-free a while later, precisely on her 60th birthday. Nevertheless, only months later, doctors found that the cancer had returned – following her hospitalization at the beginning of April, doctors at the institution having confirmed that the cancer had spread to her liver as well.

While undergoing chemotherapy and stem-cell treatment in Germany, the former “Charlie’s Angels” Angel made sure every step of her treatment was well documented on camera in a documentary called “A Wing and a Prayer,” meant to show other sufferers like her that they were not alone. Following her recent trip to the emergency room and subsequent hospitalization, close friend and producer Craig Nevius issued a statement saying she was determined to fight this to the end, and, at the same time, that she wanted to thank fans for their support throughout “her story in the hope that there is hope.”

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Comment #1 by: Suzanne Winters on 18 May 2009, 16:35 UTC reply to this comment

Dear Farrah,
You are such an insperation.Your stregnth to fight this diease
has touch me so and thousands of people. I'd love to say keep up
the fight but that would be so cruel.You have been an angel on TV
and also on this earth.I say that because I feel GOD put u on this
earth to show people faith does work.You and your family prayed
for miracles over and over and over and you got them.
GOD has a special place for you and he is standing at HEAV-
ENS GATES with open arms.Farrah,your pain will be gone.
Let go;and let GOD take over.The pain and suffering you are
going through is too too much.I LOVE YOU Farrah and I hate to see
enduring this pain.
God be with you!
Sincerely,
SUE


Comment #2 by: Raphaël Zacharie de IZARRA on 22 May 2009, 07:57 UTC reply to this comment

FARRAH FAWCETT : DE LA BEAUTE A LA POURRITURE ?

Pathétique, poignant, cruel comme un miroir renvoyant l'image de notre propre condition : Farrah Fawcett, ex-beauté incarnée, est en train de s'éteindre quasi en direct sous les caméras de télévision américaines. Cependant elle croit encore à un miracle, priant avec ferveur pour que la vie triomphe de son cancer alors qu'elle est en phase terminale.

Sur son visage, le masque de la maladie, de la vieillesse, de la hideur : notre masque potentiel.

Le plus effrayant : savoir qu'un humain peut passer de la gloire la plus complète à la misère la plus totale. Tout n'étant qu'une question de temps. Ce qui arrive aux êtres "immortels" peut nous arriver à nous aussi, simples mortels que nous sommes...

A travers son agonie nous assistons à notre propre fin.

Madame Fawcett ou l'histoire de la beauté qui devient décrépitude. Quand un destin de gloire finit dans la déchéance. Lorsque les sommets insolents de la jeunesse éclatante se concluent par le plus noir abîme... La maladie.

Avant la mort.

Mais éloignons-nous de ces vanités hollywodiennes, ne nous arrêtons pas à la souffrance, à la tristesse, allons à l'essentiel : au lieu de la pourriture promise par la Camarde, derrière ces apparences immondes du cancer, moi je vois l'éternité.

La mort prochaine de Farrah Fawcett : fin d'une étoile ?

Oui.

Ou pour être plus exact, la lumière retournant à la lumière.

Raphaël Zacharie de IZARRA


Comment #3 by: Leonardo Arreaga Jr. on 25 May 2009, 23:54 UTC reply to this comment

Dear Farrah,

You are in my prayers. I have followed your tiredless struggle throughout the years, and after watching "Farrah's Story" words cannot express how much you touched my heart and soul. You are indeed an angel on earth, your strength and faith is what makes the rest of us unite with you. You are not alone, we are with you all the way in spirit, mind and heart.
God bless you and your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Leonardo

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