Ryan O’Neal plans to wed dying Farrah
June 23, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Hollywood Weddings
What would you do if your partner is dying. Would you still offer to marry him or her? What’s the protocol for marrying a dying person?
Will the Civil Registry expedite the issuance of the marriage licence? If you were Ryan and your long-time partner is dying, would you do what he’s doing?
Actor Ryan O’Neal has revealed that he plans to marry lover Farrah Fawcett before she loses her battle with cancer. The actor – who admits his long-term lover is “fighting for her life” with cancer – says they have finally agreed to tie the knot. “I’ve asked her to marry me – again! – and she’s agreed,” O’Neal, 68, said.
“I used to ask her to marry me all the time,” he said, pain clearly etched on his face despite his efforts to laugh and joke during a TV interview. “But… it just got to be a joke, you know. We just joked about it.” However, O’Neal, who says Fawcett is the only woman he has ever loved, insists this time there is no joking and he plans to marry her before she dies.
“I promise you, we will, we will,” he said, straight faced. “Absolutely. Absolutely.” O’Neal also said he has his wedding outfit prepared, joking: “I’ve already got my costume ready – like a gigolo. A little thin moustache and slicked-back hair. I don’t know.”
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