Lee Majors Said Farrah Fawcett Was 'Beautiful Inside' And She Knew It Was 'Love at First Sight'

Nov 18, 2021 by apost team

Lee Majors has been a pivotal figure in the film and television industry since the 1960s. He is best known as an actor in features like "The Big Valley," "The Fall Guy," and, most notably, in "The Six Million Dollar Man." However, Majors has starred in plenty of other works that fall under the action-adventure genre and has also showcased more of his range in other projects.

Despite suffering from heartbreak and having to overcome plenty of obstacles throughout his life, Majors has never given up on his goals and aspirations. The star has persisted throughout the years, even as he got older, and continued to find work for himself in the field of his dreams. He had originally hoped to become an athlete or an athletic coach, but fate had other plans in store for Majors, and he changed careers in the direction toward acting.

Majors worked as a stuntman and picked up small roles in television shows along the way before hitting his big break and making acting a full-time job and a long-lasting career. The man quickly became an action star as he continued to land more and more jobs. By taking on roles in other projects, Majors was later able to show off more of his personality and other talents, like singing and voice work.

The talented actor has been married four times in his life. His second marriage was to fellow star Farrah Fawcett and they made a beautiful Hollywood couple. They were together for nearly 12 years in total, and even though they did not stay married, Majors and Fawcett stayed in contact until Fawcett passed away in 2009. Read on to learn more about Major's life and his relationship with Fawcett.

Majors found his stride as an actor and got his big break in the ABC western series "The Big Valley." The show was an instant hit and helped Majors receive more praise and recognition as an actor. More opportunities presented themselves as time went by, and Majors was met with yet another show that would launch his career to new heights. 

In 1973, the actor was cast in the starring role in "The Six Million Dollar Man" as USAF Colonel Steve Austin, a former astronaut who had bionic implants. It was originally a television movie that aired on ABC, but the network expanded it and turned it into a weekly series the following year. 

"The Six Million Dollar Man" was extremely successful and received widespread coverage and acclaim, as it reached audiences in over 70 countries. Although Majors had been in the industry for a few years prior to this point, the series was a turning point in his career and made him a pop icon. 

Majors had a few issues with Universal Television when he tried to renegotiate his contract due to the overwhelming success "The Six Million Dollar Man" brought, but everything eventually worked itself out once the show's rating began declining, leading to it ultimately being canceled in 1978.

Despite such a hectic schedule and lifestyle, Majors remarkably found time for love. He married Kathy Robinson in 1961 and had one child with her, appropriately named Lee Majors, Jr. His son later became an actor himself and even starred alongside Majors in three of the "Six Million Dollar/Bionic Woman" television movies. Majors and Robinson parted ways after a short marriage and divorced in 1964.

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Not letting heartbreak stop him from finding his one true love, Majors continued looking for his match and married Farrah Fawcett on July 28, 1973. "She's so gorgeous," Majors said in 1976, "she's like a little girl. So cute, so beautiful inside."

As for Fawcett, she shared that when she met Majors, "It was love at first sight." She said at the time that Majors was her first priority. "I like my marriage and him being the most important thing in my life," she explained.

In an interview with People a decade after Fawcett passed from cancer, Majors admitted that at the height of their fame: "it was hard to get around. It was not quite as hard as it is today with everyone having a cellphone and the social media is so quick. Back then we only had to deal with the paparazzi at large. A lot of time you could evade them, but not all the time."

With both actors having such busy careers, it was difficult to spend time together. "It was very quick, and it lasted about almost 12 years," Majors said in the same interview. "But there was a year or so when I think I saw her two weeks in one year. It's very difficult with careers like that. This business is tough. Working 14 hours a day, both of you, and the days went by."

Unfortunately, the two were not meant to be together and divorced in February 1982. Although their marriage didn't last, their relationship will live on as it inspired the song "Midnight Train to Georgia." Even though the songwriter, Jim Weatherly, knew Fawcett and Majors, he used them more as muses for the characters in the classic tune.

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