Stars gathered to commemorate the deceased. Ryan O'Neill to life memorial service It was held Saturday at the DGA Theater complex in Hollywood.
Elegantly dressed attendees shared memories and experiences of working with the legendary actor, highlighting the impact he had on the industry and their personal lives.
Among those who spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier was Alicia Silverstone, who had the opportunity to collaborate with O'Neal on the 2003 show. miss match.
Reflecting on their time together, Silverstone said, “Well, Ryan and I miss match When I was about 25, he was so lovely and shameless. We found him so sweet and funny that we had to tell him to act confident sometimes.”
Silverstone then praised O'Neill, saying, “O'Neill was an incredible actor. Just remembering everything he did and how beautifully he played it is in that scene.” He was just sitting at the piano and watching, and was that a piano? He was watching the way he looked at her, and everything that was happening in his mind was so beautiful, so subtle, so much. Then he was with his daughter Tatum O'Neal. so cute.”
Jacqueline Bisset also took a trip down memory lane, recalling her collaboration with O'Neal on the 1973 film. The thief who came to dinner. “I did a movie called ‘,’” Bissett recalled. a thief who came for dinner“When he played the thief, he was quite the mischievous thief and I was the woman who approached him and it was quite funny.”
Reflecting on the passage of time and the loss of industry colleagues, Bisset said, “Everyone's gone, like all the key people, our directors. We're all shrinking, and it's hard to handle. And I don't know who's going to be there for Ryan. “I don’t know, but I wanted to be here.”
Bisset remembers O'Neal fondly, saying, “He was a lot of fun. He had a lot of energy. He loved to succeed, he just had fun. He loved the fans, he was a bit of a number.” He was really happy when his fans approached him. “He didn’t play shy and introverted,” he said.
Eric Roberts noted what made O'Neal unique, saying, “There was no one like him, and he went from beautiful and delicate to cool and wise, you know?” Roberts praised O'Neal's versatility and impact on people's lives, saying: “He had a positive impact on people's lives and he owned his own stuff. He was really honest about who he was as a person. It ended up being a really good thing for this family. Know that there was goodness there.”
Jamie Kennedy worked with O'Neill on the 2003 film Malibu's Most Wanted, emphasizing the actor's legendary status, saying, “Ryan is one of the last true movie stars and I gave him his blessing to be in my movie because he was such a legend.” Kennedy shared a hilarious moment on set, saying, “Every day he would come on set and say something to me and we would just laugh.”
Ryan's daughter Tatum O'Neal We also spoke to ET at a celebration of his life.
“It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. I love my dad so much,” Tatum said. “I actually cried this morning, which is unusual. I've never cried in my entire life, and this morning I cried really hard. It was so beautiful. I will always love you, Dad.”
Last December, Ryan's son Patrick O'Neal shared the heartbreaking news. His father passed away at the age of 82. Patrick wrote on Instagram that Ryan “passed away peacefully on December 8, with his loving team supporting him and loving him as much as we do.”
According to Ryan's death certificate, the actor died from congestive heart failure And I've had cardiomyopathy for years. that much Mayo Clinic Notes Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body, which can lead to heart failure.
O'Neill died at St. John's Medical in Los Angeles, his death certificate shows. There were no other factors that led to his death and he was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park.
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