Ryan O’Neal’s memorial service and celebration of life is currently being planned, and his son Patrick is aiming for late January for the event.
Patrick took to Instagram to share some details about honoring the late Paper Moon star, who passed away on Dec. 8 at the age of 82. In his post, Patrick shared a photo of himself holding a black-and-white picture of his father from his younger days. He also mentioned that the planning process has had its challenges.
“I am in the process of planning my dad’s memorial and celebration of life for late January and everyone who should be there will be there and it will be amazing, trust me 🔥,” Patrick shared in his caption. “This will be a tribute to the man, his family, his love of boxing, and his legendary career as an actor. I have my work cut out for me because Ryan took about 3 million photos and saved 700 thousand of them 🥺.”
Earlier this month, Patrick shared the sad news of his father’s passing on Instagram, stating that O’Neal “passed away peacefully” on Dec. 8 “with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”
Last week, The Blast obtained O’Neal’s death certificate, which indicated that he died of congestive heart failure, and had been suffering from cardiomyopathy for years. The Mayo Clinic describes cardiomyopathy as a heart muscle disease that makes it hard for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body, potentially leading to heart failure.
O’Neal passed away at St. John’s Medical in Los Angeles, with no other contributing factors noted on his death certificate. He was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park.
Tatum O’Neal, who won an Oscar alongside her father in Paper Moon, also paid tribute to her father with a video montage of their time together throughout the years.
“Thank you everyone for all your love and support,” she said in the clip. “He’s in heaven now.”
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