Tatum O’Neal paid tribute to her late father Ryan O’Neal, with whom she had long had a rocky relationship.
Actor Tatum O’Neal is sharing her thoughts following the death on Friday of her father, Ryan O’Neal, with whom she long had a stormy relationship.
After starring together in 1973’s “Paper Moon,” for which then 10-year-old Tatum earned a supporting actress Oscar, the O’Neals were often estranged in the ensuing years. For decades, recriminations involving drug addiction and emotional abuse flew back and forth between the two in tabloid stories and tell-all memoirs.
But recently they had been able to make amends before the elder O’Neal, who starred in such films as “Love Story” and “Barry Lyndon,” died at age 82.
“I feel great sorrow with my father’s passing,” O’Neal, 60, said in a statement to People magazine.
