"Dynasty" Patriarch Treated for Cancer
Charlie knows what his Angel is going through.
John Forsythe, who is best known for his role as oil tycoon Blake Carrington on Dynasty but who also provided the disembodied voice for the titular boss in Charlie's Angels, has been undergoing treatment for colon cancer this week, a rep for the actor said Thursday.
"He seems to be in good spirits," Harlan Boll told the Associated Press. "They hope to have him home this weekend."
The 88-year-old Forsythe is currently staying at a Los Angeles hospital, where he has been receiving care since being diagnosed with the disease Sept. 28. No other details about his condition were provided.
This news comes barely a week after original Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett confirmed that she is battling intestinal cancer. The 1970s-era pinup girl recently had surgery to remove a tumor and said that she'll be undergoing "cutting edge, state of the art treatment" for the next six weeks.
Fawcett's fellow Angels, Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson, both faced bouts with breast cancer, as well.
Forsythe portrayed the dulcet-toned head of the Charles Townsend Agency--entirely by speakerphone--for the Aaron Spelling-produced ABC series' entire run, from 1976 to 1981. His face was never seen but every once in a while you'd get a rear view. Fully clothed, of course. He reprised the role for the two big-screen remakes, Charlie's Angels (2000) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), which starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as the crime-fighting Angels.
Forsythe had Joan Collins and Linda Evans catfighting over him for the better part of the 1980s on another signature Spelling effort, Dynasty. Forsythe received three Emmy nominations for his role as Blake Carrington on the prime-time soap and scored two Golden Globes.






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