„Love Story“ star and Farrah Fawcett’s ex Ryan O’Neal died at 82 after suffering from cancer, diabetes and heart issues.
Ryan O’Neal has died at the age of 82.
The actor, best known for 1970’s “Love Story” and the soap opera “Peyton’s Place,” died “peacefully” on Friday “with his loving team by his side,” his son, Patrick O’Neal, revealed on Instagram.
“My father Ryan O’Neal has always been my hero. I looked up to him and he was always bigger than life,” Patrick gushed in his caption, which was accompanied by a photo of a beautiful sunset at the beach.
“He is a Hollywood legend. Full stop,” he continued in his lengthy message before highlighting some of his projects, which include “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972), “Paper Moon” (1973), “Barry Lyndon” (1975), “A Bridge Too Far” (1977), “The Driver” (1978) and “The Main Event” (1979).
Patrick, whose mother is actress Leigh Taylor-Young, further memorialized his father’s career in a second post, writing, “He was so skilled at his craft, worked so hard, and just loved acting plain and simple.”
“Highly intelligent and an avid reader and journal writer.”
“He was adept at memorizing pages of dialogue in an hour.”
“I hope he felt proud of his career but he was very humble.”
The broadcaster, 56, also gushes over Ryan for not only being an irreplaceable star, but an incredibly supportive dad.
