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Ryan ONeal, a boxer turned actor with a six-decade career on film and television, died today.
ONeal had previously been diagnosed with leukemia in 2001 and prostate cancer in 2012.
Patrick said his father was his hero and bigger than life.
My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life, hewrotein a subsequent post.
But he has bragging rights in Heaven.
He got his first lead role in 1962, on the NBC westernEmpire.
By 1964, he was cast on the prime-time soap operaPeyton Placeand starred for 422 episodes.
I love my dad.
I mean, Ive had a hard life with my dad but I still love him.
He also guested onDesperate Housewivesand90210.
In 2016,he starred in the playLove Letterswith hisLove Storyco-star MacGraw.
Other than his acting, ONeal was best known forhis relationship with the late star Farrah Fawcett.
They began dating in 1979, after he was introduced by her then-husband, Lee Majors.
They continued dating throughout Fawcetts own cancer diagnosis, until she died in 2009.
He has missed her terribly, his son Patrickwrote.
What an embrace that must be.
