Fawcett Son Sprung to See 'Gravely Ill' Mom

Dad is a narcissist, "faithless"

(NEWSER) - Ryan O’Neal was habitually unfaithful to Farrah Fawcett, but “she stayed nice all the way to the end,” Griffin O’Neal told CNN yesterday. Ryan’s estranged son discussed his mistrust of his father (“He was flirting with everybody” at the funeral) and Fawcett’s friend Alana Stewart (“She was selling Farrah’s stuff on eBay the day Farrah died”), and his heartbreak at not being “allowed to say good-bye.” More»

(NEWSER) - Farrah Fawcett left the vast bulk of her estate to her troubled 24-year-old son, Redmond, and nothing to Ryan O'Neal, sources have told KTLA-TV. Most of her $6 million estate was left in trust to Redmond in the will, which Fawcett updated in 2007. The fund will be controlled by two trustees, and Redmond will get money to purchase a home and a monthly allowance once he finishes a prison sentence on a drug charge. Fawcett also left money to her alma mater, the University of Texas. More»

Son promised her to be "good"

(NEWSER) - In his first interview since Farrah Fawcett’s death, Ryan O’Neal remembers her final days and son Redmond’s promise to her “of a good life. Of a life she would have been proud of,” he tells Meredith Vieira this morning on Today. Watching Fawcett’s long struggle was “horrible,” he says. At the end, the doctor “thought she would live just another couple of hours—she lived a couple of days.” More»

Private service set for this afternoon

(NEWSER) - Redmond O’Neal was given permission to leave his California detention center for mother Farrah Fawcett’s funeral today. “That’s an absolute yes” for his attendance, his attorney tells People. The ceremony will be held in a downtown Los Angeles cathedral at 4pm, and will be closed to the public and the media, CBS adds. More»

Friends, family gather to say final farewells as star given last rites

(NEWSER) - Farrah Fawcett is in the final stages of her battle with anal cancer and her condition is believed to be deteriorating rapidly, the New York Daily News reports. Her loved ones, including longtime love Ryan O'Neal, have gathered at her bedside in a Los Angeles hospital and a priest has been summoned to give her the last rites. Her rep said only that "she is still being treated for her condition." More»