After spending months avoiding the subject of illness and cancer, the former Charlie’s Angels star and ex wife of Ryan ONeal, is coming forward and announcing to the world that she is battling the disease, through a documentary.

Actress Farrah, 61, is to reveal how she is dealing with cancer in an upcoming documentary, “A Wing and a Prayer.” “She is cautiously optimistic,” her producer says.

There is little doubt that Fawcett is going through difficult times and now she is facing her problems publicly via our TV screens.

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