Farrah Fawcett And Ryan O’Neal’s Love Endured For 30 Years, But Their Romance Had A Tragic Ending
Back in her heyday, Charlie’s Angels star Farrah Fawcett was a popular pin-up. In fact, her famous red swimsuit photo even apparently became the highest-selling poster of all time, finding a place on millions of bedroom walls. Yet while those who bought the print may have fantasized about Fawcett someday becoming their girlfriend, the actress herself only had eyes for one man. But, unfortunately, that romance came to a very tragic end.
Full Of Regrets
That man, of course, is Ryan O’Neal. He made a name for himself in the 1960s and ’70s, performing on the popular soap opera Peyton Place and even earning an Oscar nod for his role in 1970’s Love Story. However, O’Neal’s own romantic life was seemingly a complicated one. And in later years he admitted to the media that he had some big regrets concerning his relationship with Fawcett.
Lack Of Commitment
But despite all the problems and issues in Fawcett and O’Neal’s union — not least the fact that it started with infidelity — the lovers always seemed to return to each other. The stars even had a child together, although they never got married. Yet while the pair may have exchanged vows eventually, fate intervened in a terrible way before that ever came to pass.
Close Knit Dating Circle
When O’Neal and Fawcett first encountered each other, the actress was actually already married. At the time, you see, she was the wife of Lee Majors. And while Fawcett and Majors had begun a trial separation in 1979, it still shocked the Six Million Dollar Man star tremendously when his estranged spouse began dating a friend of his.
Just Checking In
Majors and O’Neal had been pals for a while, in fact. When Majors asked the other man if he would check in on Fawcett and make sure that she was okay, then, he didn’t expect that his buddy would “[make] a play” for her. “They got all serious, and I couldn’t believe it,” Majors told People in 1980.
