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95°/75° Michael Jackson: 1958-2009 INSIDE: A look back: Michael Jackson’s life;
discography. 2A
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Only a month after
Texas lawmakers
adjourned their regular
dead at 50
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
and DERRIK J. LANG
The person said Jackson
died in a Los Angeles hos-
Jackson
performs
session, they’ll be Associated Press pital. The person was not at Dodger
meeting again in a authorized to speak publicly Stadium in
special session to pass LOS ANGELES — M i c h a e l and requested anonymity. Los Angeles
legislation to keep the Jackson, the sensationally The circumstances of in 1984 at the
transportation depart- gifted “King of Pop” who his death were not immedi- height of his
emerged from childhood ately clear. Jackson was not fame. He was
ment and other state
superstardom to become the breathing when Los Angeles preparing for
agencies running.
entertainment world’s most Fire Department paramedics a large-scale
Texas, 3B influential singer and dancer responded to a call at his Los comeback
before his life and career de- Angeles home about 12:30 tour at the
teriorated in a freakish series p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told time of his
Liquor store of scandals, died Thursday, the Los Angeles Times. death.
opening soon a person with knowledge of
the situation told The Asso-
The paramedics performed
Associated Press
file
Spec’s Wine, ciated Press. He was 50. Please see JACKSON, 2A
Spirits
Farrah Fawcett
and Finer
Actress
Foods, a
Houston-
based 1947-2009
fought
liquor
store chain,
is coming to town. It
has leased the old Of-
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Business, 6C
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Today is the 11th annual
Take Your Dog to Work
life of original
Day, but some four- ’70s sex symbol
legged friends already
come to work full time BOB THOMAS
with their masters, Associated Press
allowing employers to
experience the value of LOS ANGELES — Farrah
pets in the workplace. Fawcett, the “Charlie’s
Local, 1B Angels” star whose feath-
ered blond hair and daz-
zling smile made her one
of the biggest sex symbols
It’s a bird, of the 1970s, died Thurs-
It’s a robot day after battling cancer.
She was 62.
Flamingo art takes over The pop icon, who in
the botanical gardens the 1980s set aside the
while the second fa ntasy girl image to
“Transformers” tackle serious roles, died
overpowers the big shortly before 9:30 a.m. in
screen. a Santa Monica hospital,
Weekend spokesman Paul Bloch
said.
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second season of the
powellj@caller.com / 886-3716 Christi resident Jan Alexan- joy to so many people
der wrote in an e-mail to a around the world.”
reality show “I’m a
Farrah Fawcett was more group of Fawcett’s childhood Said Stewart: “There
Celebrity, Get Me Out Of than just a pretty face. friends. are no words to express
Here!” Friends who grew up with Alexander and Kathy Har- the deep sense of loss that
Page 2 her in Corpus Christi remem- rison, who now live in Freder- I feel. For 30 years Farrah
bered the Hollywood actress was much more than a
index Thursday as a bubbly, smart, Please see ANGEL, 4A friend, she was my sister,
weather 9a funny and loyal friend. and although I will miss
Fawcett died Thursday, Contributed photo her terribly I know in my
obituaries 5B
nearly three years after being Farrah Fawcett joins friends Jan heart that she will always
COMICS 6B-7B diagnosed with anal cancer. Snyder Alexander (left), Kathy be there as that angel on
LOTTERY 5C She was 62. Harrison (background) and the shoulder of everyone
BUSINESS 6C-7c “We just lost our f irst Karen Cox Spellings in 1993.
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Born Feb. Attended Graduated Married actor Longtime relationship with In July 1984, Fawcett spoke at the In December 1993, Fawcett
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883-3800 Corpus Elementary High School July 1973; the 1979. The couple’s son spa attached to the La Mirage Racquet behalf of the Women’s Shelter
Christi School and in 1965; couple Redmond O’Neal was born and Athletic Club in the 6600 block of of the Corpus Christi Area,
Hamlin attended divorced in in 1985. Their relationship South Staples Street. The spa plans fell which included a three-hour
Junior High University 1982 was off and on for several through during the economic downturn telethon and the showing of
of Texas years, although O’Neal in the mid-1980s and the planned Fawcett’s 1984 movie about
revealed earlier this week complex never was completed. domestic violence, “The
their plans to wed. Burning Bed.”
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able to wed before she died. Farrah Fawcett stars in an episode of “Charlie’s Angels” in submit to us.” — Jaime Powell and as an inspiration to others,
Her struggle with painful early 1977. She left the show after one season to focus on A decision on how to honor Elvia Aguilar friends said. The segments
treatments and dispiriting films, finding acclaim in a long string of TV movies. showing her cancer treat-
setbacks was recorded in ment, including a trip to Ger-
the television documentary could claim them. Toward Backed by a clever pub- The public and the show’s Fawcett fared better with many for procedures there,
“Farrah’s Story.” Fawcett the end, she’s seen huddled licity campaign, Fawcett — producer, Spelling-Goldberg, television movies such as were originally shot for a
sought cures in Germany in bed, barely responding to then billed as Farrah Faw- were shocked when she an- “Murder in Texas,” “Poor Lit- personal, family record, they
as well as the United States, a visit from her son. cett-Majors because of her nounced after the series’ first tle Rich Girl” and especially said. And although weak, she
battling the disease with Fawcett, Kate Jackson and marriage to “The Six Million season that she was leaving as an abused wife in 1984’s continued to show flashes of
iron determination even as Smith made up the original Dollar Man” star Lee Majors television’s No. 5-rated series “The Burning Bed.” The last grit and good humor in the
her body weakened. “Angels,” the sexy, police- — quickly became the most to star in feature films. earned her an Emmy nomi- documentary.
I n t he doc u menta r y trained trio of martial arts popular Angel of all. But the movies turned nation and the long-denied “I do not want to die of
Fawcett was seen shaving experts who took their as- “She was an angel on out to be a platform where admission from critics that this disease. So I say to God,
off most of her trademark signments from a rich, mys- Earth and now an angel for- Fawcett was never able to she really could act. ‘It is seriously time for a mir-
locks before chemotherapy terious boss named Charlie. ever,” Majors said Thursday. duplicate her TV success. As further proof of her acle,’ ” she said at one point.
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