Ryan O’Neal Dead at 82

“Love Story” and “Peyton Place” star Ryan O’Neal has died.

His son Patrick posted, “So this is the toughest thing I’ve ever had to say but here we go. My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”

It is unclear how O’Neal died, however he is had his share of well being issues, together with a prostate most cancers prognosis in 2012. In 2001, he was recognized with persistent leukemia.

O’Neal was not solely one of many hottest actors in Hollywood again within the day, however he was a significant heartthrob. His credit embody “What’s Up, Doc?” “Paper Moon,” “Barry Lyndon,” “A  Bridge Too Far,” “The Main Event,” and “The Driver.”

Ryan was nominated in 1970 for a Greatest Actor Oscar for “Love Story.”

He was famously life companions with Farrah Fawcett from 1979 – 1997, and so they reconnected between 2001 and 2009, when she died. Patrick mentioned, “Ryan never bragged, but he has bragging rights in Heaven. Especially when it comes to Farrah. Everyone had the poster, he had the real McCoy. And now they meet again.”

BTW … he shared the massive display screen in “Paper Moon” together with his daughter, Tatum O’Neal.

As for the heartthrob half … nicely, he dated a gaggle of lovely ladies, together with Ursula Andress, Barbra Streisand, Bianca Jagger, Jacqueline Bisset, Joan Collins and Diana Ross.

Ryan is survived by 4 kids and 5 grandchildren.