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Actress Farrah Fawcett, 62, RIP

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, left to right, former stars of the television series "Charlie's Angels,' pay tribute to producer Aaron Spelling during the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: EMY392 (Chris Carlson / The Spokesman-Review)
Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, left to right, former stars of the television series "Charlie's Angels,' pay tribute to producer Aaron Spelling during the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: EMY392 (Chris Carlson / The Spokesman-Review)

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, left to right, former stars of the television series "Charlie's Angels,' pay tribute to producer Aaron Spelling during the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in August 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Fawcett died tody at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62. Story here.

Question: I learned last night that a former brother-in-law also has died of cancer at about the same age as Farrah Fawcett-Majors. What is the best things you can do to help a friend of loved one fight through cancer and cancer treatments?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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