Farrah Fawcett

Born in Texas, Farrah Fawcett was an accomplished Hollywood star who featured in several top-tier films. Although she stamped her prints in the sands of time, she didn’t start out as an actress.

The couple first met each other on a blind date set up by their publicists. The athlete left a short message for Fawcett, which revealed that he wanted to see her and would be picking her up for dinner in the evening hours of the day.

According to Fawcett, she was not very pleased with the message as she felt Majors’ words were filled with pride. The actor corrected his former wife’s notion about him by calling and apologizing for his recklessness.

Fawcett eventually honored Majors’ request, and she recalled how she felt upon seeing her ex-husband for the first time. The actress said she melted into a thousand pieces when Majors arrived. Although Fawcett described the experience as awkward, she said it was love at first sight. The pair went on their lovely date, which ended with the actress being under the weather.

The next day, Major said he sent the Hollywood star thirteen roses, a gesture that saw the start of their romantic journey.

Lee and farrah were married on July 28, 1973 in a garden ceremony in the Bel-Air hotel. Lee’s step-father Harvey Yeary, was Lee’s best man and Farrah’s sister, Dianne Walls was her matron of honour. The wedding party connsisted of 150 guests, and Lee jr. was in attendance to see his father get married.

3 years after getting married, the ‘Golden Couple’ continued to be front and center of the paprrazzi and in 1976 Pro Art Inc approached farrah agent with the idea of doing a poster. A photo shoot with photographer Bruce McBroom was organsied and the rest is history as Farrah’s red bathing suit poster adorned the walls of teenage boys across Amercias – and the world – and became the best selling poster in history. The swin suit itself is now part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History collection, in Washington.

Although Fawcett was still getting some TV and modeling work, she always made sure to be home in time to cook dinner for Majors, whom she referred to as “Big Grump head.” Then in 1976, she acted with her ex-spouse in the series “Charlie’s Angels.” But good things never last forever — the pair were under so much pressure to keep their marriage alive while taking care of their individual soaring careers.

Ryan O’Neal was Majors’ longtime friend, and the pair bumped into each other when the latter was preparing to shoot a movie. The friends caught up for old times, and Majors promised to look after O’Neal’s daughter when he was busy. In return, the actor asked O’Neal to check up on Fawcett when he got to Los Angeles. Shortly after the duo made the promises, O’Neal and Fawcett began having an affair.

Although Majors never discussed the affair with his wife, it put a strain on their marriage, and in 1979, they finally separated. The pair’s divorce was finalized three years later, in February 1982.

Superior Court Judge Harry Shafer — who described the couple’s weeklong court battle over possession of Hollywood Hills mansion as ‘a splitting headache’ — confirmed the issue has now been settled out of court. Lee dined out with Farrah just hours after facing her in court and gave her possession of their $2.5 million estate Wednesday because, ‘I love her very much.’

In 2019, Majors, 82, told People that when they were together, “it was hard to get around. It was not quite as hard as it is today with everyone has a cellphone and the social media is so quick. Back then we only had to deal with the paparazzi at large. A lot of time you could evade them, but not all the time.”

“I ended up seeing her two weeks in one year,” he recalled about their marriage. “She was off doing films and stuff, and doing her series, and I was doing mine. That’s mainly the reason we got divorced; we never saw each other. We stayed great friends, but we just had our own careers going and didn’t have time for each other.”

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