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Lindsay Wagner never expected one brief television assignment to change her life. Yet viewers reacted so strongly that studio plans were rewritten, a doomed character was given another chance, and Wagner suddenly became one of the most recognizable women on television.
Away from the cameras, her story took even stranger turns. A serious accident left a permanent mark, an uneasy feeling kept her off a doomed flight, and one firm demand changed the ending fans had awaited for decades. But her closest escape would reshape far more than her career.
