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O'Neal Remembers Farrah's Final Moments

Son promised her to be "good"

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2009 7:37 AM CDT

(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.”

“I had a bed put in the room for me,” he continues. “And I just lay by her side. And she wouldn’t move on. She wouldn’t pass. She just, she just looked at us with a slight smile. It was awful. And then, all of the sudden, the machines flat-lined. After about 16 hours she was gone.”

In this Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, actor Ryan O'Neal, front, and his son Redmond O'Neal appear for arraignment on methamphetamine possession charges, at the courthouse in Malibu, Calif.
In this Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, actor Ryan O'Neal, front, and his son Redmond O'Neal appear for arraignment on methamphetamine possession charges, at the courthouse in Malibu, Calif.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, pool)
In this June 12, 1982 file photo, Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal wait for the start of the Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney WBC heavyweight championship title fight in Las Vegas.
In this June 12, 1982 file photo, Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal wait for the start of the Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney WBC heavyweight championship title fight in Las Vegas.   (AP Photo, file)
In this Nov. 7, 1987 file photo, Farrah Fawcett is kissed by Ryan O'Neal as they arrive for the screening of her film, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, in Los Angeles.
In this Nov. 7, 1987 file photo, Farrah Fawcett is kissed by Ryan O'Neal as they arrive for the screening of her film, "Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story," in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo, file)
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Kookey90
Jul 22, 2009 4:06 AM CDT
For some reason I just can’t get too sympathetic on behalf of Ryan O’Neal. I consider him as much of a chump as Joe Jackson. I don’t understand why he didn’t do the honorable thing and officially marry Farrah before she passed away so that, maybe, there might have been some closure in their lives together. Yeah, I heard about him waiting for her to get better before they’d marry, but come on he knew she was terminal – it was just a lame ass excuse. I assume he’ll be going in for the money grabbing thing by coming out with a book and show interviews. Forget the movie star comeback since he no longer has what it takes. Once this Farrah thing dries up he'll be back on methamphetamine's in no time flat.
doingtherightthing
Jul 21, 2009 5:13 AM CDT
death of a love one is harder on the living than the dead.......no great love for Ryan, but I feel his pain and reality to her passing.........

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