Farrah Fawcett died in Ryan O’Neal’s arms, says pal Alana Stewart

Farrah Fawcett’s close friend Alana Stewart is opening up about the Charlie’s Angels star’s relationship with longtime love Ryan O’Neal.

The actress died in the arms of the “Love Story” actor in 2009 at the age of 62. The cause of death was anal cancer.

Stewart, who runs the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, an organization founded by her boyfriend, confirmed to People magazine on Tuesday that the two were buried next to each other at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

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“I don’t think he ever really got over her death,” the 79-year-old told the outlet. “And now it’s sad because he’s gone, but I always think about them being together.”

“She basically died in his arms,” Stewart said. “I don’t think he was ever the same because she was definitely the love of his life and he was the love of her life.”

O’Neal died in 2023 at the age of 82.

Fawcett and O’Neal fell in love while she was married to Lee Majors, star of The Six Million Dollar Man. According to the outlet, sparks flew after Majors asked O’Neal to check on his wife while he was out filming.

“She basically died in his arms… I don’t think he was ever the same because she was definitely the love of his life and he was the love of her life.”

–Alana Stewart

Fawcett and O’Neal began dating in 1979 when she and Majors separated before divorcing in 1982. They then had an on-again, off-again relationship for 17 years. In 1985 they had a son, Redmond O’Neal.

The outlet noted that the two broke up in 1997 but reunited in 2001 after O’Neal was diagnosed with leukemia. They never married.

“When she and Ryan were home with their son, who was very young, she cooked the meals,” Stewart said. “And when she had to go to the location for something because she was working a lot at the time, they would pack up the whole family and head out.”

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“Her personal life was a more normal life in that respect,” Stewart said. “Just when she went public, people went crazy.”

When Fawcett was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, O’Neal stayed by her side.

“Right to the end she was still fighting and Ryan was there the whole time; ever since she was diagnosed with cancer, it’s been there,” Stewart told the outlet.

In 2023, Stewart told Fox News Digital that Fawcett began showing symptoms while caring for her mother in Texas for a few months. The matriarch died in 2005 at the age of 91.

“Her mother was dying,” Stewart recalled. “And then while she was there she started having some symptoms [in Texas] but I ignored them. She took care of her mother and that was her focus. But when she came back, Ryan said, “You need to go to the doctor and get it checked out.” So she did. They did a colonoscopy and that’s when they found it.”

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“That’s part of our mission statement – ​​education and prevention,” Stewart said. “It’s so important to recognize things early. Maybe if she had listened to her body and gone to the doctor, the outcome might have been different when she started having symptoms. It’s so easy to brush symptoms aside because you think, ‘Oh, it’s nothing serious,’ or ‘I’ll deal with it next week, next month.’”

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“When it comes to cancer, early detection is everything,” Stewart emphasized. “So many types of cancer can be cured these days if they are caught early enough. With Farrah, she was already in stage four. If she had done something about the symptoms early on, she could still be alive today.”

Stewart said she and O’Neal reached out to each other for support during Fawcett’s battle with cancer.

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“He was by her side every moment,” Stewart said. “We didn’t want to admit that things weren’t looking good. I don’t think Farrah did that either. She was determined to keep fighting. And we wanted to be there for them. But I think the time came when we all just looked at each other and knew she wasn’t going to get better.