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It’s unknown just how well or how badly Farrah Fawcett is doing in her battle with cancer. Last we heard, she was still in good spirits, but from what I understand her pain and lucidity comes and goes rapidly. By her side in the cancer fight is long-time love Ryan O’Neal. I’ve never been a huge fan on Ryan, but his devotion to Farrah has won my respect. He seems to be that fantasy many of us have of the kind of love the vows signify – “In sickness and in health…”
I’d always thought of Ryan and Farrah as ex-husband and ex-wife, but as it turns out, they never got married in the first place. They were engaged, and lived together on-and-off through the years, but they never made it official. Ryan is determined to change that – he has proposed once more to Farrah, and she has accepted. Ryan told Barbara Walters the happy news for 20/20, in an interview that will air on Friday (story via US Weekly):
Ryan O’Neal says he and longtime love Farrah Fawcett are tying the knot.
“I’ve asked her to marry me, again, and she’s agreed,” O’Neal, 68, tells Barbara Walters in an exclusive interview on ABC’s 20/20, airing Friday, June 26.
O’Neal says the 62-year-old Fawcett – who was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 – is now “fighting for her life.”
But he says they “will” wed “as soon as she can, say yes. … Maybe we can just nod her head.”
“I promise you, we will,” he told Walters. “Absolutely.”
The actor says he and Fawcett have even joked about what he’ll wear for the ceremony, kidding that he’ll dress “like a gigolo. You know? And a little thin mustache and slicked-back hair. I don’t know. We have fun, we tease about that.”
The two — who have a 24-year-old son Redmond (who is now in rehab following previous drug convictions) — began dating in 1980 and have lived together.
“I used to ask her to marry me all the time,” O’Neal tells Walters. “But … it just got to be a joke, you know. We just joked about it.”
In May, O’Neal told NBC News that he has fallen more in love with Fawcett as he watches her bravely battle cancer.
“I know this, that in the last two years I loved her more than I’ve ever loved her – ever,” he told Meredith Vieira. “She’s so much more of a woman … powerful, courageous, fearless and all those adjectives. And I look at her with awe.”
[From US Weekly]
I’d be lying if I said this didn’t choke me up – and I’m a pretty hard egg to crack. I hope they do get married, and Ryan gets the wedding memories of the woman he loves. That being said, they’re complicated people who’ve led complicated lives – but they’ve found each other, and they’re giving each other so much peace. And I can’t snark about that.
Here’s Farrah and Ryan in a PR photo from 1991. Images thanks to WENN.com .
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Engagements, Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal
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Aaaw. I can’t snark about it either. I’m happy for them and envious at the same time.
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Thats wonderful for them. Hope all goes well, and I love that picture of them together.
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Obviously, they have a bond, and a sad time for both. I hope Redmond finds his way.
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Marriage is what you make it-if you think it’s just a piece of paper-that’s all it is. Obviously, these two feel otherwise and I wish them the best.
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I truly hope im not being negative b/c i certainly dont want to be. I hope he is marrying her for love & support. And b/c he wants to be with her forever. AND not b/c he wants to take her money or he wants to take an insurance policy out on her. I mean he does have a (recent) problem with drugs. I heard that there was suppose to be a 2nd special coming out regarding Farrah’s struggle. But he & Alanna Stewart could not agree on it. From what she said he wanted it to be more about him losing her then about her struggle with cancer. So they decided not to air it. I dont know, i just hope he marries her b/c he wants her as a wife & to cherish the time she has left!
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Seriously I agree.
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Beautiful photo – beautiful love story – beautiful inspiration
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I agree with Seriously, even if it is negative.
There have been plenty of rumblings about his motives. Hopefully he is by her side taking care of her when the cameras aren’t rolling.
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I feel so bad for Farrah Fawcett and hope this is more than money and true love.
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Seriously – I agree with you! Even Ryan’s son questions his motives towards Farrah! If he loves her so much, why did he wait until now?
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Aw, crap. Really? I’d heard nothing about a special coming out and assumed this was all genuine. Sigh. Disappointing. Maybe not. In any event, that is a lovely pic of the two of them.
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He waited so long because he wasn’t sure, of course. Bad things make feelings suddenly clear
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