Farrah Fawcett's Friends Reveal That Her Last Words Were About Her Son, Redmond
Farrah Fawcett, Charlie's Angels actress and Playboy model, died in 2009 after battling anal cancer for roughly three years.
Her friends told People that her last words before her death were about her son, Redmond, who she had with fellow actor Ryan O'Neal.
Farrah's lifetime achievements are featured in the new A&E documentary Farrah Forever, which airs at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Farrah Fawcett was most concerned about her son, Redmond O'Neal, before she died at age 62 of anal cancer in 2009.
As her friend Mela Murphy revealed to People in June, the iconic Playboy model was apparently very worried about Redmond's future. At the time, her then-24-year-old son, who she had with fellow actor Ryan O'Neal, was battling drug addiction and serving time in prison for drug-related charges.
“She was saying his name, ‘Redmond,'" Mela recalled. “That was the last thing she said ... I told her I’d take care of him, that I’ll always be there for him. I said, ‘You can go now.’ It was just a few hours before she died.”
When Farrah died on June 25, she left Redmond $4.5 million. The money, though, was strictly to be used only for her son's health care and rehabilitation.
Last summer, at the age of 33, Redmond was charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking five men and robbing a 7-Eleven convenience store last summer. He pleaded not guilty to the robbery and other charges, including possession of methamphetamine and heroin. He is reportedly now in a Los Angeles Country jail, as a judge has not yet ruled whether he is competent to stand trial.
Apart from Redmond, the publication also reports that Ryan, who she fell in love with back in 1979, slept in a cot next to her hospital bed and proposed to her a few weeks before she died. The couple were on and off for many years.
“He never left her side, especially those last few months,” Farrah's friend Alana Stewart said. “I think they would’ve married if she had made it because he asked her to marry him in the hospital and she said yes. But she took a turn for the worse. This was just a few weeks before the end, so perhaps it wasn’t realistic."
She continued: "The two of them had a deep bond and deep love. No matter what they went through, the ups and downs, he was the one she wanted by her side.”
Ten years after Farrah's death, Ryan told People, "There was never a day I didn't love her."
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