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Farrah Fawcett, who made the 70s TV show Charlie’s Angels a massive hit and who for many personified the “All-American girl” look, has passed away from cancer. She was 62. Her longtime companion Ryan O’Neal and close friend Alana Stewart were at her side.

Charlie’s Angels debuted in September 1976, and the show became an instant hit for ABC, largely due to the presence of Fawcett (billed as “Farah Fawcett-Majors” due to her then marriage to The Six Million Dollar Man‘s Lee Majors). Fawcett’s image appeared on thousands of lunch boxes, t-shirts, and perhaps the most iconic poster in American history. Her image was used to sell toothpaste, shampoo and wigs… and even a specialty plumbing device called “Farrah’s Faucet”.

She would shock America by quitting Angels after the first season. Fawcett would appear in a bunch of forgettable films, including her first film, Somebody Killed Her Husband, which critics said should have been called Somebody Killed Her Career. Critical acclaim would finally come for her portrayal of an abused wife in the 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed.

Goodbye, Farrah. You will be missed, angel!

The mystery of dozens of crop circles appearing all over Tasmania has been solved… and the culprit appears to be stoned wallabies!

It seems that the wallabies (smaller cousins of the kangaroo) were eating poppies, getting high, then hopping around in circles, causing the mysterious crop circles to form.

Australia apparently produces around 50 percent of the world’s (legitimate) poppy supply for morphine and other opiate-based drugs.

Read more here.

jimcofer.com is officially the last website to report it, but what the hey…  Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick of more than 30 years, passed away at the age of 86. This is probably not much of a surprise to many folks, as McMahon was in poor health for at least the last two years. Still, he will be missed.

Not only was McMahon a regular on The Tonight Show, he also hosted Star Search for several years, co-hosted Bloopers and Practical Jokes with Dick Clark (back when bloopers were unseen by most folks), and was a regular at the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. McMahon was also a spokesman for American Family Publishers (contrary to all the jokes made at the time, which always mentioned Publisher’s Clearinghouse).

Enjoy this clip of McMahon, who had a wee bit too much to drink before going on that night:

That clip is priceless… not only because it’s funny, but because of the unedited nature of the clip. Had this happened today, you know the producers would cut this scene for not being “professional” enough.