He had enjoyed success during the 1960s and 1970s, playing in the series Peyton Place (1964-1969) and hit films such as Love Story (1970), Paper Moon (1973), or even Barry Lyndona film directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1975. Ryan O’Neal died on December 8 at the age of 82. It was his son Patrick O’Neal who announced his death by posting a long message on Instagram. On a private level, Tatum O’Neal’s father had been the last companion by star Farah Fawcetta true icon of the 1970s, reported Tele-Leisure.
It was in 1979 that the actor began to frequent the old Funny ladies, while she was still married to actor Lee Majors. It was the latter who asked Ryan O’Neal to take care of his wife while he was on a film set. After going on a date, the two lovebirds became inseparable. They have lived a tumultuous love story, punctuated by explosive arguments until 1997when they first separated, reported People. Farah Fawcett suspected her partner of having cheated on her. The couple reconnected in 2001. The actor of love story stayed with the woman of his life after the announcement of his anal cancer. He accompanied her until his death in 2009also clarified People.
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A great love
Although they never married, Farah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal had a love affair that lasted thirty years. The two stars had a son named Redmond in 1985. Ryan O’Neal asked the love of his life to marry him while she was hospitalized in 2009. However, the priest at St. John’s Hospital arrived too late to celebrate the ceremony, recalls the site Amomama.
The actor never stopped thinking about the one who made his heart vibrate for many years. “I loved him with all my heart. I will miss her so much”he declared to the magazine People, shortly after his death. Sylvia Dorsey, one of Farah Fawcett’s close friends, told our colleagues: “Ryan was the love of her life. I don’t think she was happy without him. They fought and loved with passion. It was never boring. They were electric together”.
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