Ryan O’Neal‘s memorial service and celebration of life is within the works, and the late actor’s son, Patrick, is eyeing late January for when it’s going to all go down.
Patrick took to Instagram on Thursday and shared a little bit of details about how he plans to honor the late Paper Moon star, who died on Dec. 8. He was 82. In his submit, Patrick shared a pic of himself overlaying his face with a black-and-white photograph of the late actor in his youthful days. Patrick additionally shared that the planning has include some 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, it was Patrick who shared the heartbreaking information that his father had died. Patrick took to Instagram and shared O’Neal “passed away peacefully” on Dec. 8 “with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”
Final week, The Blast obtained O’Neal’s dying certificates, which famous he died of congestive coronary heart failure. The outlet additionally famous that the Love Story star suffered from cardiomyopathy for years. The Mayo Clinic notes cardiomyopathy is a illness of the center muscle that makes it more durable for the center to pump blood to the remainder of the physique, which may result in coronary heart failure.
O’Neal died at St. John’s Medical in Los Angeles, his dying certificates exhibits. There have been no different contributing components that led to his dying, and he was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park.
Tatum O’Neal, who received an Oscar starring alongside her father in Paper Moon, additionally paid tribute to her father. She shared a video that included a photograph montage of the father-daughter duo all through the years.
“Thank you everyone for all your love and support,” she mentioned within the clip. “He’s in heaven now.”
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