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Friends and family gathered to mourn Farrah Fawcett at a private funeral Tuesday at a Los Angeles cathedral.

The star's longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was one of the pallbearers. The couple's 24-year-old son... read more 14 Comments

Farrah Fawcett, a three-time Emmy-nominated actress, sex symbol, and star of perhaps the most famous poster of all time, has died. She was 62.

Fawcett died Thursday morning at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif, her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, said in a statement. read more 71 Comments

Farrah Fawcett is praying for a miracle in her battle with terminal cancer, saying, "I do not want to die of this disease."

"I want to stay alive. So I say to God, because it is, after all, in his hands: It is seriously time for a miracle," Fawcett says in her new documentary, Farrah's Story, parts of which aired on Today Thursday.

The self-made, two-hour documentary will air Friday on NBC. The special will feature footage of Fawcett, her longtime partner Ryan O'Neal, friends and family as the actress sought alternative treatments in Germany.

O'Neal appeared on Thursday's Today in a sit-down with Meredith Vieira and said he's been preparing himself for Fawcett's passing.

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Ryan O'Neal says he is in absolute "awe" of Farrah Fawcett's courage and strength.

"In the last two years, I loved her more than I've ever loved her — ever," O'Neal told Meredith Vieira in an interview for Today. "She's so much more of a woman and powerful, courageous, fearless, all those adjectives. I look at her with ... read more 7 Comments

Ryan O'Neal, the longtime partner of Farrah Fawcett, is opening up about his heartbreak over the actress' ongoing cancer battle for the first time.

"It's a love story. I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her," O'Neal told People. "Cancer is an insidious enemy."

The magazine said O'Neal was emotional and often teary-eyed throughout the interview, during which he revealed that Fawcett is now on bed rest and running out of treatment options. "The doctors see that she is comfortable," O'Neal said. "Farrah is on IVs, but some of that is for nourishment. The treatment has pretty much ended."

O'Neal said Fawcett's golden locks are gone, but ... read more 33 Comments