Jaclyn Smith: 68 and Still Stunning; 'Charlie's Angels' Star Wows Fans
Jaclyn Smith proved once more that she is an ageless beauty after attending an event honoring her late "Charlie's Angel" co-star Farrah Fawcett this week.
Smith, 68, attended the reception of a Farrah Fawcett Foundation event in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday where she stunned fans with her ever-youthful look, according to USA Today. Moreover, the actress met up with old friends Alana Stewart and Ryan O'Neal before remembering Fawcett.
"She fought so hard at the end that her desire to be present is still here," Smith told Entertainment Tonight of her friend and co-star, five years after Fawcett's death. "I only gave admiration for the way she handled the fight against her disease."
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Fawcett allowed NBC cameras to follow her during her battle against cancer in a TV documentary named "Farrah's Story." However, the actress died at age 62 on June 25, 2009. Smith and her friend Alan Stewart used the documentary to raise cancer awareness and launched the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
"I think Farrah left us with her talent, her beauty, her presence, her magic," Smith said. "But it you asked Farrah, 'What is the most meaningful thing in your life?' It would be the foundation."
Wednesday was not the first time Smith had honored Fawcett with touching remarks. The actress was forced to defend Fawcett's longtime boyfriend during a lawsuit last year when she gave a tearful plea on behalf of Ryan O'Neal. The lawsuit disputed O'Neal's ownership of a priceless Andy Warhol painting of Fawcett.
"I really feel Farrah would want that portrait with Ryan and then onto Redmond," the actress said outside the courtroom, referring to Fawcett and O'Neal's only son, Redmond, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"As hard as it is, he looks so great," Farrah would be proud," Smith added of Redmond before struggling to continue.
"And, um, the emotion is too much to describe that," she said, dabbing a tissue to her eyes.
"She's here," Smith added of Fawcett. "I feel that she's here. She would say, 'Hey, these are my guys and they're going to win.'"
A jury decided that O'Neal could keep the portrait despite Fawcett's alma mater, the University of Texas, claiming it was bequethed to them n Fawcett's will, according to CNN.
