{"id":55582,"date":"2025-03-17T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55582"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:25:09","slug":"why-ryan-oneals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55582","title":{"rendered":"Why Ryan O\u2019Neal\u2019s>>>."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-811-843x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-811-843x1024.png 843w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-811-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-811-768x933.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-811.png 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan O\u2019Neal\u2019s Battle with Cancer Ends in Tragedy, Son Absent from Funeral<br>Ryan O\u2019Neal fought a long and exhausting battle against leukemia and prostate cancer before passing away on December 8, 2023, at the age of 82. His death, caused by congestive heart failure, marked the end of a distinguished Hollywood career. But despite the public mourning of the beloved actor, his son did not attend the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Neal\u2019s health had significantly declined in his final years, and the last images of him reflected a far more frail version of the man who once captivated audiences with his charm and charisma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new24.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84303\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan O&#8217;Neal\u2019s rise to fame came through films like <em>Love Story<\/em> and <em>Barry Lyndon<\/em>, earning him worldwide admiration. However, his personal life, especially his relationship with Farrah Fawcett, often overshadowed his career. In 1985, they had a son, Redmond, whose struggles with addiction and mental health issues marked his life. At Ryan\u2019s funeral, Redmond was notably absent, incarcerated in a California state hospital. Griffin O\u2019Neal, Ryan\u2019s son from his first marriage, also missed the service despite traveling 2,000 miles, discovering the memorial would be after Christmas. Ryan\u2019s second son, Patrick, organized a small memorial attended by close family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new24.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1893548.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84304\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tatum O\u2019Neal, Ryan\u2019s daughter, did not attend his memorial due to their strained relationship, although they reconciled in the late 2000s. After his death, Tatum expressed sorrow, stating, \u201cHe meant the world to me.\u201d Ryan\u2019s final resting place is beside Farrah Fawcett, sparking controversy when her college sweetheart accused him of disregarding her final wishes. Patrick O\u2019Neal defended his father\u2019s legacy, criticizing the Television Academy for omitting Ryan from the Emmys\u2019 \u201cIn Memoriam\u201d segment. Ryan\u2019s passing marks the end of an era, but Patrick remains committed to honoring his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55527\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan O\u2019Neal\u2019s Battle with Cancer Ends in Tragedy, Son Absent from FuneralRyan O\u2019Neal fought a long and exhausting battle against leukemia and prostate cancer before passing away&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55584,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55582\/revisions\/55584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}