IS RYAN O’NEAL ON HIS LAST LEGS?
Love Story hunk is frail shadow of his former self
RAVAGED Ryan O’Neal is wasting away and can barely walk, but sources snitch the Love Story legend doesn’t fear death because he believes he’ll be reunited with his lost soul mate, Farrah Fawcett!
After the frail actor, 80, was caught on camera hobbling with a cane and needing help to get into a car, a source close to the Paper Moon star dishes, “Ryan’s been a prisoner in his own body! He can hardly move! He has a very bad back and suffers from debilitating arthritis. Ryan’s wracked with pain and has become a sad shadow of his former self!”
As GLOBE previously reported, insiders say diabetes, leukemia and prostate cancer helped put the once brawny boxer on the ropes. Now he’s down to a frightening
137 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame, sources claim.
Formerly robust Ryan has been spiraling downward since Charlie’s Angels bombshell Farrah lost her life to anal cancer in 2009 at age 62, spies say.
“Ryan never recovered from that blow,” spills an insider.
Renowned New York internist Dr. Stuart Fischer says of Ryan’s appearance, “Stiff hands and twisted fingers are signs of severe osteoarthritis. This chronic illness also makes people walk more slowly and become unsteady.”
Life-extension specialist Dr. Gabe Mirkin warns, “When a diabetic starts losing weight without trying, it is often a sign of increasing disease!”
What’s more, Redmond — his junkie son with Farrah — is still locked away in a California loony bin after being accused of knocking over a 7-Eleven with a knife for $60 in 2018, which pals say adds to Ryan’s heavy heart.
Now, a source tells GLOBE Ryan’s making peace with his fate, and “Farrah’s all he thinks about these days. He’s sure he will see her again soon, and he won’t be in pain anymore!”