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Richard Farnsworth's last TV role.

Best Friends for Life (1998) working titles were "Life Estates" and "Best Friends."

Best Friends for Life (1998) was filmed in Charlotte and Waxhaw, North Carolina beginning on June 3, 1996 and completing June 26, 1996. It aired as a TV movie on January 18, 1998.

Best Friends for Life (1998) is based on the novel "Life Estates" by Shelby Hearon.

Rowlands and Lavin both died in 2024, four months apart.