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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal arrive at the premiere of "Malibu's Most Wanted" on April 10, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.<br>Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
In the interview airing Tuesday on NBC, O'Neal, 68, opens up to Vieira about his final moments with Fawcett, who died at age 62 after battling anal cancer.
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"[Doctors] thought that she would live just another couple of hours, and she lived a couple of days," O'Neal says of his longtime love, who spent her last days at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. "So I had a bed put in the room for me. And I just lay by her side. She wouldn't -- move on. She wouldn't pass."
In her dying moments, "[Farrah] just looked at us with a slight smile," O'Neal says, "and then all the machines flat lined. She was gone."
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Though O'Neal was by Fawcett's side at the time of her death, the couple's 24-year-old son, Redmond, remained incarcerated for felony drug possession. He was able to attend her funeral, serving as a pall bearer, but did not get to say goodbye in person at the hospital.
Of Redmond's last phone call with his mother, O'Neal tells Vieira: "I think it was about regret. And the horror of not being able to see her again, and the promise of a good life -- one she would be proud of. He has a wonderful plan in mind to restore order in his life. And he will, with my help."
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In the weeks since her passing, O'Neal says he has remained upbeat -- and is touched by the outpouring of support from Fawcett's fans.
"[In her final moments], I said I'd see her soon, and I see her every day. I write to her in my journal," O'Neal tells Vieira. "Redmond says it's harder to grieve, but I told him to be patient. And when he got out, we'd grieve together."
"I'm using what she taught me to survive, to go on. I have launched into this massive job of answering the mail that has come in for her over the last few weeks," he says. "Hundreds and hundreds of letters of pain and sorrow and hope. I'm answering every one of them. That's my life now."
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J.B.SHE'S DEAD...GET OVER IT ALREADY AND SHUT THE FU(K UP!!!report abuseposted July 21, 2009 1:32 PM PDT
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brown sugarHello angelips47!!!!Yes this is about Farrah but when idiots like you and others who bring up Michael Jackson I'm going to defend him. His freaking Doctors are the ones who killed him Ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!report abuseposted July 21, 2009 12:35 PM PDT
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sissycati don't see how ryan can sit time after time and tell people about her last days. i wonder if he gets tired of talking about it. talk about depressing!!!!report abuseposted July 21, 2009 11:53 AM PDT
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sue bryan oneal is a fake and a self promoter!report abuseposted July 21, 2009 7:09 AM PDT
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Angelips47@yahoo.comIM SICK AND TIRED OF MICHAEL JACKSONS DEATH... THIS IS ABOUT FARRAH NOT HIM.. HE KNEW THE CHANCE HE WAS TAKING BY DOING DRUGS... AND HE STILL DID THEM... SO ENOUGH ABOUT HOW GREAT HE WAS.. HE IS NOT A ROLE MODEL. A GOOD ROLE MODEL WOULDNT DO DRUGS .report abuseposted July 21, 2009 7:00 AM PDT
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LYNN Hi'm sure "THEY" could charge a pretty penny for the cures...numnuts.report abuseposted July 21, 2009 6:44 AM PDT
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LYNN Hand who, exactly, informed you geniuses of all these miracle cures kept hidden???? wouldnt they at least use them on themselves...if they existed???? or provide them to people with money...aka movie stars and politicians....think before you open your lips.report abuseposted July 21, 2009 6:43 AM PDT
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Candy JI agree with you StelHrseRyder!!! Rock on Farrah. And I believe that they do have the cure for all of these diseases, but as was said, if they cured everyone, they wouldn't make all that money now would they? And the world would be over populated. Dirty rotten shame.report abuseposted July 21, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
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Allisoni agrre with brown sugar. farrahs death was inevitable but micheals was a total shock. but still lets not for get what farrah had to go through. they are taking micheals death to the extreme. maybe when they get the tox results back and have an actual cause of death maybe it will die down a little.report abuseposted July 21, 2009 4:36 AM PDT
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LAPeople like Farrah bring a lot of the fun and glamour to life, wish she was still around !report abuseposted July 20, 2009 8:02 PM PDT
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