Ryan O'Neal dies aged 82

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Actor Ryan O'Neal, star of ‘Love Story,' ‘Paper Moon' and ‘Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82

Ryan O’Neal was among the biggest movie stars in the world in the 1970s.

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Ryan O'Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in "Love Story" and delivered a wry performance opposite his charismatic 9-year-old daughter Tatum in "Paper Moon," died Friday, his son said.

“My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” Patrick O'Neal, a Los Angeles sportscaster, posted on Instagram.

Attempts to reach O'Neal representatives were not immediately successful.

He did not give a cause. Ryan O'Neal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukemia. He was 82.

O'Neal was among the biggest movie stars in the world in the 1970s, who worked with many of the era's most celebrated directors including Peter Bogdanovich on “Paper Moon” and Stanley Kubrick on "Barry Lyndon." He often used his boyish, blond good looks to play men who hid shadowy or sinister backgrounds behind their clean-cut images.

 

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In his day he was the best looking guy on the planet. RIP

 

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Funny story: I first saw Ryan O’Neal in his role as Oliver Barrett in Love Story, which is from 1970 when he’s about 30. Then maybe 6 months after that, I started watching the TV show Bones, where Ryan O’Neal also plays the main character’s father, except the show came out in 2006, when he’s 65. Because of the age difference and the fact that I only knew him from Love Story, I could not figure out where I knew that man from for a good few months until I finally saw his name in the ending credits of an episode!

RIP <3