AFP-Chris Delmas
Actor and heartthrob Ryan O'Neal, the Oscar-nominated star of "Love Story" who also appeared in "Paper Moon" and "Barry Lyndon," has died at 82.
His son Patrick announced the news on his Instagram on Friday.
"This is the toughest thing I've ever had to say but here we go. My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,"
O'Neal, whose smouldering looks and perfect jawline made him the ideal leading man, was also known for his tumultuous decades-long relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett.
After years of television roles in the 1960s, O'Neal's big break came in 1970's "Love Story," a box office phenomenon that earned him an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor.
In 1973 starred opposite his daughter Tatum O'Neal in Peter Bogdanovich's hit "Paper Moon" -- bagging a Golden Globe nomination in the process.
O'Neal was married and divorced twice before he began a stormy, but enduring, relationship with "Charlie's Angels" star Fawcett.
The couple were together for almost 20 years from the late 1970s but split in 1997.
Fawcett, 62, died of cancer in June 2009 with O'Neal by her side.
