Why was farrah fawcett left out

Fawcett's family issued a statement through a publicist Tuesday saying they were "deeply saddened" and "bereft with this exclusion of such an international icon who inspired so many for so many reasons. Davis said the academy committee debated about including Fawcett and Gene Barry, a longtime TV actor who died in December at age 90, in the memorial segment but ultimately omitted both.

Davis and his colleagues thought that while the two actors appeared in movies, they were better known for their "remarkable television work" and would be more appropriately honored by the television academy at the Emmy Awards. The group "was kind of figuring that probably the Farrah Fawcett and Gene Barry omissions would be the ones we'd get the most comments on," he said. He acknowledged that he "did get one letter about Miss Fawcett.

Speaking before the ceremony, Academy executive director Bruce Davis said the memorial section always presented problems. A shortlist of more than names is whittled down to around 30 for the broadcast.

You are dropping people who the public knows. It's just not comfortable," Davis admitted, adding that he was prepared to get calls from angry relatives of those who didn't make the final montage. There's nothing you can say that will make them feel better. Oscars snub as Farrah Fawcett left out of in memoriam tribute. However, the marriage didn't last — by the couple had separated and officially divorced three years later.

In addition to long hours, making Charlie's Angels could be dangerous. While on location, Fawcett once had a run-in with a race car that left her leg severely bruised. Plus outshining her co-stars had drawbacks. We never had any arguments, but I felt a little barrier.

With legions of fans, Fawcett couldn't enjoy a normal life when she wasn't working. She would be surrounded anytime she went out in public and had to cut back on regular activities. And she believed she needed to take steps to adapt to her new life, saying in , "I became successful before I was ready for it or knew what I was doing. The success came before I had done what I thought was a good role. I knew that if I was going to stay in the business I had to change and I wanted to change.

Fawcett during season three of 'Charlie's Angels'. No matter the reasons behind Fawcett's decision to leave, she wasn't able to simply walk away from her hit show. The dispute was settled with an agreement that Fawcett would guest star in six more episodes throughout the remainder of the series, which ran until However, she said she was blackballed for other projects because she'd left the show.

People thought I was really pretentious, and for months no one would touch me. Fawcett's career never reached the same heights after she left Charlie's Angels. Fawcett admitted to People , "I was surprised that I was so easy to replace. Over the years, Fawcett continued to be identified with Charlie's Angels , even as she garnered respect as an actress by appearing off-Broadway and earning an Emmy Award nomination for the TV movie The Burning Bed Yet she also benefited from the lasting ties the show had created — when Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer, Jackson and Smith both breast cancer survivors gathered to support their fellow "angel" until her death in