Do you remember where you were when Michael Jackson died?

Then what the heck is all this about someone named Wendy?

I hate to say it, but part of it was her own fault, or her own poor judging/reasoning skills.   She was just not all that good at drama.   CA's heavenly fluff was her forte, and I don't say that smugly or lightly.  CA was more than entertaining when she was part of the magic, so what's wrong with being a part of that.   But I guess Farrah believed what people were saying and she took it upon herself (goaded by a jealous husband) to prove that she could be serious.   What is this need to prove yourself in an area where you are barely adequate, when you have this other thing that you do very, very well and people love you for it?  In this case, maybe Farrah was her own worst enemy.   Well, besides the jerk she ended up with.

You've said this a couple times, Toasted Cheese, about how Jaclyn Smith was more self-aware and knew her limitations as an actress and stayed with the show the entire run.   She was more savvy than Farrah and she saw a great opportunity with the K-Mart clothing line, and she is by far the most financially well off of all the Angels.   It is sooooo important to know yourself, to know your good points and your strengths and to know your weaknesses, etc.   I imagine Jaclyn will live to be 100.  I bet she has been drunk less than ten times in her life.   And I bet she never even tried a cigarette.

I think Farrah and Michael were friends in the late 70s/early 80s, when Studio 54 was still a big deal.   I know I am in a large minority here, but I hardly ever give MJ a sustained thought, whereas I might think about Farrah's lovely, ethereal presence on a more regular basis.    I do remember that Farrah's death was eclipsed by "The Gloved One" (oh, now that image does carry some disturbing thoughts with it) , and I also remember a fellow Farrah fan posted something like "Well, we can mourn Farrah's passing in our own quiet way." and I just loved that he said that.

Don't remember where I was when I heard he died and didn't care when I did. I enjoyed some of his songs but felt overall that he was way over-rated, and he was no king of anything. He gave himself that title. A true king is titled by the people.

Nothing and exactly!   Farrah had a gift for lightweight comedy and as far as I am concerned, her characterization of Jill Munroe was pure delight.   Oh, the word "effervescent" was made for people like the natural Farrah Fawcett-Majors.  She had a hit show, her swimsuit poster was the best-selling of all time, she got along well with her co-workers and she had a husband who loved her and who was fundamentally decent man.  Why did she have to tamper with that?   If she hadn't broken her contract with CA producers, she would likely have gotten lead roles in both "Foul Play" (a big hit) and "Coma" (a modest success), but certainly both were better and financially more  successful films than "Somebody Killed Husband" and "Saturn 3" (though I have never seen either of those movies, so I can't say for sure.)

Oh, Farrah, you believed your own publicity and it turned around and bit you right on the butt!   Like Leonard Maltin said of her performance in "Extremities", Fawcett's adequate, but one-note performance is another liability.  Farrah could use her voice to cut somebody dead off and she could do a decent interpretation of anger, but so what?  Who cares?  There just was not much there.  You were so much more adept and enjoyable at lightweight material, Farrah.

Marilyn Monroe was delightful and very, very funny in films like "The Seven Year Itch" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "How to Marry a Millionaire", but when she went all heavy and tried on Arthur Miller and "The Misfits", she couldn't find her way through that material and there was very little of the MM magic.

It’s turning into a serious Farrah Fawcett thread now.