THE WORLD is today mourning the loss of two icons of the entertainment industry following the deaths of actress Farrah Fawcett and king of pop Michael Jackson.
Fawcett died of cancer at the age of 62 in a Santa Monica hospital yesterday (UK time).
The star, who became an international sex symbol and pop culture icon in the 70s and 80s, spent her last moments with her longtime companion actor Ryan O'Neal and her close friend and fellow actress Alana Stewart
Fawcett's roles include the sci-fi movies Logan's Run in 1976 and Saturn 3 in 1980.
On TV, her many credits included appearing in The Six Million Dollar Man and she was married to its star Lee Majors from 1973-1982. Most famously, she had a long-running role as Jill Munroe in female detective series Charlie's Angels.
King of pop Michael Jackson died last night (UK time) at the age of 50. He suffered a cardiac arrest at his home and paramedics were unable to revive him.
The singer was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where fans gathered to pay their respects.
Jackson had been rehearsing for a series of 50 concerts in London's 02 Arena which would have lasted from July 8 until March 6, 2010.
The music megastar sold more than 750 million albums worldwide and his music also appeared on many movie soundtracks.
He played Scarecrow in the 1978 movie The Wiz and had a small role as Agent M in 2002's Men in Black II.
Jackson also starred in the 1983 mini-film pop video for his smash hit Thriller. The legendary $500,000 production featured a spoken section by horror veteran Vincent Price. It was directed by John Landis, who had made An American Werewolf in London two years earlier.
