Farrah's grave snapped at Westwood Memorial Park on July 26, 2009
Last I've heard or seen, the marble marker in the garden plot where Farrah Fawcett was buried remains un-engraved.
I guess that's why, when I saw her best friend of 30 years, Alana Stewart, all over the news today promoting her book about Farrah, less than two months after the Angel's death, my head kind of exploded.
Granted, Alana might not be in charge of getting that task accomplished. And I'm sure she means well. But, all things being equal, the visuals of Farrah's blank slate versus a 288-page book that in essence capitalizes on her death strikes me as beyond tacky and rather cha-ching!-ish.
My Journey With Farrah is billed as a tribute to Farrah and friendship in general. It's based on Stewart's personal diaries kept during Farrah's struggle with cancer: "...what I saw, what I felt, what I was going through with Farrah, and how it was affecting my own life," Stewart writes. Um, okay.
Retailing at $23.99, an undisclosed portion of Stewart's profits reportedly will go to the Farrah Fawcett Foundation for cancer research.
Or, you can just make a direct donation and watch Farrah's Story.
Here's hoping Farrah gets a well-deserved, loving and lasting epitaph on her grave before someone else tries to cash in on her tragic demise in print.
Please forgive my directness, but see you next Tuesday!
Posted by: Scott Michaels | Aug 12, 2009 at 21:37
LMAO! Exactly.
Posted by: Lisa Burks | Aug 12, 2009 at 21:45
These things take time, sometimes. George C. Scott is still without an engraving in the very same area of Westwood, by his own wishes. Frank Zappa is elsewhere at Westwood, grave again unmarked by his own wishes. I'm not sure it's worth getting in a lather that Farrah's gravestone is as yet un-engraved until her wishes or those of her family are known. You know?
Posted by: WriterDude | Aug 12, 2009 at 23:00
Roy Orbison is unmarked there as well, it's not uncommon. But just the fact that her grave isn't marked yet -- if ever -- isn't the point of the piece.
Posted by: Lisa Burks | Aug 12, 2009 at 23:07
maybe shes going incognito?
Posted by: bertie vert | Aug 14, 2009 at 12:27
jesus I am tired of the word "journey". I'd seriously rather see the title "A Bunch Of Stuff Happened, Then One Of Us Died And The Other Got Typing."
Posted by: chloria | Aug 26, 2009 at 04:00
Each and every time I visit L.A. I make a point of paying respects to that wonderful human being, the beloved Marilyn Monroe and to place a red rose at Westwood from her fans in Australia.
Posted by: Sydney Lawrence | Dec 01, 2010 at 18:50