Oscar-winning actress Tatum O’Neal mourns the death of her father Ryan O’Neal. people In the magazine, she said, “I will miss him forever.”
Tatum also said in an exclusive statement: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of my father. He meant the world to me. I loved him so much and I know he loved me. “I’m doing it,” he said.
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Looking back on their last meeting in early 2023, she said, “I feel very lucky that things ended on such good terms.”
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For many years, father and daughter were estranged. They aired their grievances on OWN’s eight-episode series “Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neals” in 2011.
In 2020, Tatum’s son with former tennis great John McEnroe posted a photo of himself, Ryan, Tatum, and their brothers Kevin and Emily. At the time, he expressed joy that they were all still alive after “years of suffering.”
That same year, Tatum suffered a near-fatal drug-induced stroke that left him in a coma for six weeks. She told People in July, “I woke up from a coma and there were no words. I was in a coma and no one knew if I was going to die or live. And I… I lived,” he said.
For emphasis, she continued, “It’s a miracle.”
