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Farrah Fawcett Fights Cancer

Farrah Fawcett Fights Cancer

Farrah becomes the national chairwoman of the American Cancer Society's "Women Against Cancer" campaign in 1980. In 2006, she was diagnosed with cancer herself, and Ryan O'Neal was diagnosed with leukemia.

In this photo: Farrah Fawcett

Photo: Keystone Features/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1980