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Although never able to convince Farrah Fawcett to marry him, O'Neal did propose various times. Fawcett died at 9:28 AM PST on June 25, 2009 at age 62 before she and O'Neal could carry out the ceremony.

He and his son Redmond O'Neal were arrested on suspicion of narcotics possession. [September 2008]

Prosecutors decided not to file charges against Ryan O'Neal following a row with his son and allegations of assault on February 3rd. [May 2007]

Treated for chronic myelogenous leukemia since 2001. O'Neal's spokeswoman Dede Binder told Reuters that O'Neal had been diagnosed with " ... chronic leukemia. It is treatable and he is doing very well". In April 2012, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

His son Griffin O'Neal was involved in a speedboating accident mishap that killed Francis Ford Coppola's 23-year-old son Gian-Carlo Coppola in 1986. Griffin was indicted and charged with manslaughter, convicted on Dec. 19, 1986 of the negligent operation of a boat but not guilty of a more serious charge of manslaughter, just receiving a $200 fine and placed on 18 months' probation.

O'Neal presented the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 1985 ceremony. The winner was Dame Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India (1984), however she did not attend the ceremony and the award was accepted on her behalf by Angela Lansbury.

Lived with Farrah Fawcett from 1979 to 1997; the union produced a son, Redmond O'Neal. The couple got back together in 2001 after Ryan O'Neal was diagnosed with leukemia.

Began his career as a stand-in and stunt man. He was reportedly considered for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) as well as for the role of Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976). However, "Rocky" scriptwriter Sylvester Stallone had sold the film rights on the condition that he got to play the title role, so he and not O'Neal wound up starring in the picture.

Was in a relationship with Barbara Parkins between his first and second marriages. In the 1970s he dated Anouk Aimée, Barbara Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Florinda Bolkan, Juanita Brown, Barbara Carrera, Oona Chaplin, Julie Christie, Pat Cleveland, Joan Collins, Britt Ekland, Melanie Griffith, Sabrina Guinness, Christa Helm, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Hutton, Bianca Jagger, Claudine Longet, Diana Ross, Cybill Shepherd, Barbra Streisand, Diane von Fürstenberg, Tuesday Weld and Lana Wood. He was later involved with Leslie Stefanson while on a break from Farrah.

O'Neal served 51 days of a 60-day sentence for assaulting a stranger during a New Year's Eve party in Los Angeles. [1960]

Patrick "Ryan" O'Neal attended and graduated from Munich American High School (established to serve the US military in the Southern Bavarian region after World War II) in 1959. His brother is Kevin O'Neal. Their father was a Hollywood writer who was doing a stint working for the famed communist-busting "Radio Free Europe," and he attended high school at Munich AHS alongside the children of servicemen stationed there.

Lost a 3-round decision to Tony Foramero in Los Angeles, CA in an amateur boxing match. (Golden Gloves Tournament: Open Division: Semi-Finals). [1957]

Defeated Sam Roland by 1st-round foul in Hollywood, CA in an amateur boxing match. [1956]

Ryan O'Neal was born on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick Ryan O'Neal III.