Farah Fawcett's companion Ryan O'Neal donated the iconic red swimsuit and other items that catapulted the actress into a 1970s icon to the Smithsonian' collection Wednesday.

The Charlie’s Angel actress who died from cancer in 2009 intended to give the swimsuit to the museum. "They asked her years ago for the bathing suit," O’Neal said. "So it was always in her plan." The swimsuit is the same one Fawcett wore for a photo shoot that became the best selling poster of all time selling an estimated 12 million copies and became a symbol of the 1970s.

The framed swimsuit is now actually a burnt orange color and not red possibly because of fading. According to Nels Van Patten, who was with Fawcett during the shoot, the actress did her own hair and makeup and didn't have a mirror. For her highlights, Fawcett was said to have squeezed a lemon in her hair.

O'Neal also turned over Fawcett's book of scripts for the first season of "Charlie's Angels," a 1977 Farrah Fawcett doll and a "Farrah's Glamour Center" styling kit for creating her signature hairdo to the Smithsonian to be included in their popular culture history collection.