Farrah Fawcett died on June 25, 2009 after a three-year battle with cancer. The television star whose hair started a revolution in the 1970s passed in the arms of the love of her life, Ryan O’Neal. Farrah dated Ryan for nearly twenty years beginning in 1979. The pair never married but welcomed son Redmond in 1985. Farrah and Ryan shared a mutual love and respect for each other that lasted long after their relationship ended.
Farrah’s dear friend and head of the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, Alana Stewart, recently told People that Ryan was with Farrah when she died. When Ryan passed in December 2023, he was buried next to her in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Ryan Supported Farrah’s Foundation
Alana told People Ryan “was always very, very supportive of the foundation after Farrah died.”
The star also left a financial contribution to the foundation when he passed away, Alana said. “Even after his death, he’s giving us a gift this year for our annual gala.”
Alana said Farrah and Ryan were very close, and her death had a profound effect on him.
“I don’t think he ever really got over her dying,” she said. “And now it’s sad because he’s gone, but I always think about them being together.”
Alana said the pair were meant for each other.
“Even till the end, she was still fighting, and Ryan was there the whole time; from the time she was diagnosed with cancer, he was there,” Alana shared. “And she basically died in his arms and I don’t think he was ever the same, because she was definitely the love of his life, and he was the love of her life.”
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