Farrah Fawcett’s shut good friend Alana Stewart is opening up in regards to the “Charlie’s Angels” star’s relationship with longtime love Ryan O’Neal.
The actress died within the “Love Story” actor’s arms in 2009 at age 62. The reason for loss of life was anal most cancers.
Stewart, who runs The Farrah Fawcett Basis, a company launched by her pal, confirmed to Individuals journal on Tuesday that the 2 are buried subsequent to one another at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal had a 17-year on-again, off-again relationship. (CBS by way of Getty Photographs)
“I don’t suppose he ever actually obtained over her dying,” the 79-year-old informed the outlet. “And now it’s unhappy as a result of he’s gone, however I at all times take into consideration them being collectively.”
“She mainly died in his arms,” stated Stewart. “I don’t suppose he was ever the identical, as a result of she was positively the love of his life, and he was the love of her life.”
O’Neal handed away in 2023 at age 82.
Fawcett and O’Neal fell in love whereas she was married to Lee Majors, the star of “The Six Million Greenback Man.” In response to the outlet, sparks flew after Majors requested O’Neal to examine in on his spouse whereas he was away filming.
“She mainly died in his arms… I don’t suppose he was ever the identical, as a result of she was positively the love of his life, and he was the love of her life.”
“We sat and kissed and kissed till our lips have been bloody,” Ryan O’Neal informed the Los Angeles Occasions about their first date. (Getty Photographs)
Fawcett and O’Neal started relationship in 1979, when she and Majors separated earlier than divorcing in 1982. They went on to have a 17-year on-again, off-again relationship. They welcomed a son, Redmond O’Neal, in 1985.
The outlet famous that the 2 broke up in 1997 however reconnected in 2001 after O’Neal was identified with leukemia. They by no means married.
“She and Ryan, once they have been dwelling with their son, and he was little or no, she cooked the meals,” stated Stewart. “And when she needed to go away on location for one thing as a result of she was working so much then, they’d pack the entire household up and go.”
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“I used to be so overwhelmed by this psychological and bodily attraction for him that I did not take into consideration something besides what was occurring proper there,” Farrah Fawcett informed Life journal. (ABC Photograph Archives/Disney Normal Leisure Content material by way of Getty Photographs)
“Her dwelling life was a extra regular life in that regard,” stated Stewart. “It was simply when she went out in public, folks went loopy.”
When Fawcett was identified with most cancers in 2006, O’Neal stayed by her facet.
“Even ’til the tip, she was nonetheless preventing, and Ryan was there the entire time; from the time she was identified with most cancers, he was there,” Stewart informed the outlet.
Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal shared a son, Redmond. (Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs)
Alana Stewart stated Ryan O’Neal by no means obtained over Farrah Fawcett’s loss of life. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/Getty Photographs)
In 2023, Stewart informed Fox Information Digital that Fawcett was exhibiting signs whereas she was taking good care of her mom in Texas for a few months. The matriarch handed away in 2005 at age 91.
“Her mom was dying,” Stewart recalled. “After which she began having a couple of signs whereas she was there [in Texas] however ignored them. She was taking good care of her mother and that was her focus. However when she got here again, Ryan stated, ‘You’ve obtained to go to the physician and get this checked out.’ So she did. They did a colonoscopy and that’s once they discovered it.”
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Alana Stewart, left, heads The Farrah Fawcett Basis, which was based by her good friend. (Getty Photographs)
“That’s a part of our mission assertion – consciousness and prevention,” stated Stewart. “It’s so vital to catch issues early. Possibly when she began having signs, if she had listened to her physique and had gone to a physician, then perhaps the end result may need been totally different. It’s really easy to place apart any signs since you suppose, ‘Oh, it’s not severe,’ or, ‘I’ll simply take care of it subsequent week, subsequent month.'”
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“With most cancers, early detection is all the things,” Stewart pressured. “So many cancers will be cured now if you happen to catch them early sufficient. With Farrah, hers was already Stage 4. If she had carried out one thing in regards to the signs early on, she might very properly be alive immediately.”
Stewart stated that in Fawcett’s most cancers battle, she and O’Neal leaned on one another for help.
Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal obtained again collectively in 2001. They remained collectively till her loss of life in 2009. (Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs)
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“He was there by her facet each second,” stated Stewart. “We didn’t need to admit that issues weren’t trying good. I don’t suppose Farrah did both. She was decided to maintain on preventing. And we have been going to be there for her. However I feel there got here a time once we all simply checked out one another and simply knew. She wasn’t going to get higher.”
