Before Farrah Fawcett died of cancer, the megastar reconnected with her ex-husband, Lee Majors, after more than two decades of silence, a supply tells Usmagazine.com.

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“When Farrah got identified, and it became public, Lee started calling Farrah’s shut pals to get updates on her,” a source tells Us. “He did that for 2 and a part years. He simply wanted to understand how she used to be doing because he nonetheless cared about her as a chum.”

The Charlie’s Angels superstar wed the Six Million Dollar Man big name in 1973, and even if they have been married for 9 years, they were separated in 1979. When Fawcett used to be first identified with anal most cancers in 2006, Majors tried to touch her indirectly.

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“He didn’t really feel like he could reach out to her himself — it had simply been too long, however he nonetheless cared about her deeply,” the supply tells Us. “He would send funny messages to her thru friends, and he or she would do the similar, and it used to be very sweet.”

After the star’s cancer got here again, it have been 23 years since she and Majors had spoken.

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“This past February, her birthday, he made up our minds to call her for the first time. They spoke for the primary time in 23 years,” the supply tells Us. “They had a 40-minute phone conversation about her life, and the cancer and it used to be any such pretty moment for the two of them. I assume it was a very good conversation. They joked, and so they were given just a little bit emotional.”

The supply adds: “I believe it was excellent given the current scenario [for] closure, in a different way they by no means would’ve spoken once more. I believe he always wanted to speak to her once more, but he was just afraid to speak to her before.”

Although Fawcett by no means married again after her divorce from Majors, she were relationship longtime boyfriend Ryan O’Neal for almost 30 years.

O’Neal proposed to her numerous times, however she always mentioned no till remaining week when she agreed to marry him. She died a few days later on Thursday.

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The supply tells Us that even though they'd every moved on, their transient reunion supposed a lot to either one of them. “[Majors] has a beautiful spouse now, of course,” the supply says, “however Farrah will at all times be very particular to him.”

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