Posted on 06/22/2009 11:55:35 AM PDT by lewisglad
The former Charlie's Angels star has agreed to wed her partner of over 25 years before she succumbs to the cancer that has ravaged her body.
O'Neal said: "I've asked her to marry me, again, and she's agreed."
The couple have been together since 1982 and O'Neal has been a constant presence by Fawcett's side as she battles a very public battle with cancer.
The 62 year old actress was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2006 and had surgery to remove a tumour.
A year later she discovered the cancer had returned and despite experimental treatment in Germany found the disease had spread through her body.
O'Neal, who has described his relationship with Fawcett as a "love story", revealed before the TV documentary that she had stopped receiving full treatment.
He said the blonde, flowing hair that helped make the actress one of the most famous poster pin ups of all time had dropped out.
O'Neal, 68, who fought back tears as he talked about his love and admiration for Fawcett, said she was bed ridden and fed intravenously through a drip.
Fawcett met O'Neal after the end of her marriage to Lee Majors in 1982. The couple have had a stormy relationship and have split up several times.
They have one son, Redmond, 24, who is currently in jail on drug charges.
He was allowed to leave prison to see his ailing mother and in touching scenes filmed for a documentary was seen climbing on to her bed to give her a hug.
Friends revealed O'Neal had previously asked Fawcett to marry him, most recently when she was undergoing treatment in Germany
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That has got to the a horrible way to go. God Bless her and her family.
Good for them!
I watched the TV special. It was very touching.
Glad they will marry.
I had a neighbor in the early 80's who went to HS with Farrah and said she was nice, sweet and even more beautiful in her teens..."Most Beautiful" in HS.
“O’Neal has been a constant presence by Fawcett’s side as she battles a very public battle with cancer.”
This sounds just like the movie, “Love Story” with the characters being older.
Very tasteful...
I had a prof who went to UT with her but said she was just ok looking in person.
Met her once in NY City, 1980s , stunning !
My prof knew her before all the Hollywood glitz and glam makeup artists.
Sad. May God embrace her and her family.
Why bring that stuff at a time like this? What possible good could it do?
You are not her
Yes, I’m quite aware of that. Are you?
Since Ryan O’Neal will soon be the grieving widower, will marriage to Farrah Fawcett help him financially?
Because I think he's stage-managing this entire death scene for his own benefit, that's why. He's a scumbag who took over her film of her final days despite her objections. It's all very nice to feel sentimental about her death, but by buying into this gross play for sympathy on his part, you're enabling him. No thanks.
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