Editing Ryan O'Neal (section)

==Illness and death==
In 2001, O'Neal was diagnosed with [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]] (CML).<ref>{{cite news| title=Actor O'Neal Has Cancer|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1309994.stm|date=May 3, 2001|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref> After struggling with leukemia, O'Neal was frequently seen at Fawcett's side when she was battling cancer. He told [[People (magazine)|''People'']] magazine, "It's a love story. I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her. Cancer is an insidious enemy."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bryant|first=Adam|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ryan-ONeal-Fawcett-1005843.aspx|title=Ryan O'Neal: Watching Farrah Battle Cancer Is Like "Being Stabbed in the Heart"|work=[[TV Guide]]|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=May 7, 2009}}</ref> In April 2012, O'Neal stated he had been diagnosed with stage 4 [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marikar |first1=Sheila |url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/ryan-oneals-peculiar-cancer-prognosis-164044042--abc-news-movies.html |title=Ryan O'Neal's 'Peculiar' Cancer Prognosis |access-date=June 26, 2014 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News Blogs]] |date=April 16, 2012 |via=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> He later stated it was stage 2.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Gael |last1=Fashingbauer Cooper |first2=Jane |last2=Kellogg |title=Ryan O'Neal now says his prostate cancer is stage 2, not stage 4 |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=April 16, 2012 |url=https://www.today.com/news/ryan-oneal-now-says-his-prostate-cancer-stage-2-not-718072 |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>

O'Neal died at [[Saint John's Health Center]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], on December 8, 2023, at the age of 82.<ref name = Barnes>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-oneal-dead-love-story-paper-moon-1235730468/|title = Ryan O'Neal, Star of 'Love Story,' 'What's Up, Doc?' and 'Paper Moon,' Dies at 82|last = Barnes|first = Mike|date = December 8, 2023|access-date = December 8, 2023|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> His cause of death was [[congestive heart failure]], with [[cardiomyopathy]] listed as a contributing factor.<ref name = CoD>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/ryan-oneal-cause-death-revealed-1235681370/|title=Ryan O'Neal Cause Of Death Revealed|first=Bruce|last=Haring|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=December 23, 2023|access-date=December 23, 2023}}</ref> O'Neal was interred next to Fawcett at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/ryan-oneal-buried-next-to-longtime-love-farrah-fawcett-1235681532/|title=Ryan O'Neal Buried Next To Longtime Love Farrah Fawcett|first=Caroline|last=Frost|date=December 24, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref>