NEWSFarrah Fawcett's Swimsuit Heads to Smithsonian
Feb. 2 2011, Published 3:54 p.m. ET
Although Farrah Fawcett passed away in 2009 at the age of 62, her iconic swimsuit lives on. The red swimsuit she wore in a 1976 poster will be presented to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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CNN reports the donation will be presented by her long-time partner Ryan O'Neal and will include the red swimsuit, an original copy of the poster, a leather-bound book of her personal copies of scripts from the first season of Charlie's Angels, a Farrah swimsuit jigsaw puzzle, a "Farrah Phenomenon" 1976 edition of TV Guide, a Charlie's Angels 1976 edition of Time and an original 1977 Farrah Fawcett doll and hairstyling toy.
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The poster sold approximately 12 million copies back in the day and after her season on the popular show, Farrah pursued a serious acting career and starred in the 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed, a 1986 film, Extremeties and other movies such as Logan's Run, Saturn 3, The Cannonball Run, The Apostle and Dr. T and the Women.
