First Grasshopper, now Jill Munroe. These are sad times for those of us who grew up watching TV in the 1970s. Here’s a good obituary of Farrah Fawcett from the Daily Telegraph. I couldn’t help smiling at this:

She was educated at WB Ray High School and the University of Texas, where she switched from Microbiology to Sculpture and dated the star quarterback. A natural beauty, it was rumoured that some male students memorised her timetable in order to meet her between classes. Female students were less enamoured, one recalling: “We were marching for peace, and Farrah was sitting there just smiling and looking pretty.”

I was, however, amazed to see that she only appeared (at least as a regular) in one season of Charlie’s Angels –– how the memory plays tricks . . .

And for an Ayn Rand connection, go here. Who knew?