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"Farrah Fawcett&amp;apos;s former assistant Mike Pingel tells Usmagazine.com the 62-year-old actress - who died of cancer Thursday - was a fighter until the end.  Pingel was alone with Fawcett in 2006 when she was first diagnosed with anal cancer.  &amp;quot;I just gave her a huge hug,&amp;quot; he tells Us. &amp;quot;I told her she&amp;apos;ll be fine and wiped away some tears. Farrah just said, &amp;apos;OK, let&amp;apos;s do it. Let&amp;apos;s get this out of me.&amp;apos; She fought really hard.&amp;quot;  Take a look back at the life of Farrah Fawcett Pingel last spoke to the actress at her 62nd birthday party on February 2.  &amp;quot;We went over to her house,&amp;quot; he tells Us. &amp;quot;I made her her favorite German chocolate cake, which her mother had always made. When I was with her, I made it many, many times for her, and she loved it. She actually said that my cake was a little bit better than her mother&amp;apos;s!&amp;quot;  Despite battling cancer, Fawcett was &amp;quot;radiant and wonderful&amp;quot; on her birthday, Pingel says. &amp;quot;She was having such a good time. We all had cake.&amp;quot;  \r\nSee Us&amp;apos; photo tribute to other stars who have died too soon\r\nAll of Fawcett&amp;apos;s close friends were present, including longtime love Ryan O&amp;apos;Neal.  &amp;quot;We just sat around, and we talked about Germany [where the actress underwent alternative medical treatments] and life - everything,&amp;quot; Pingel tells Us. &amp;quot;Farrah and I just gossiped about stuff. We were just having such a wonderful evening. The thing about Farrah is, when you saw her, she was gorgeous. She was absolutely gorgeous every time I saw her.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;She made me breathless every time,&amp;quot; he continues. &amp;quot;Regardless of what war was raging inside of her, she was beautiful every time I saw her. She had a heart and a fight that kept her going.&amp;quot;  See more of today&amp;apos;s top celeb news photos She was optimistic on her birthday, not thinking it was her last, Pingel  says.  &amp;quot;Farrah was a fighter and she had things she wanted to do still,&amp;quot; adds Pingel, who runs the website charliesangels.com. &amp;quot;She wanted to work. She wanted to get back to work and do more projects.&amp;quot;\r\nRemember those stars who died last year\r\nLooking back, Pingel says his happiest times with the actress was making her chocolate chip cookies.  &amp;quot;She loved the way I made them, but she always wanted them burnt,&amp;quot; he recalls. &amp;quot;And I was like, &amp;apos;Farrah, my burnt cookies aren&amp;apos;t great!&amp;apos; But she always wanted me to burn them. She always wanted them crisp. That&amp;apos;s how she loved them and that&amp;apos;s how I made them for her.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Even after our working relationship left and it turned into a strong friendship, I still would make her cookies,&amp;quot; he tells Us. &amp;quot;She loved that. Her smile, her laugh, and her voice &amp;#xE2;&amp;#x20AC;&amp;#x201D; I will always miss. That sweet little angel voice, &amp;apos;Miiike, Miiike.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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