REDMOND O’NEAL VISITS FAWCETT’S GRAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME
FARRAH FAWCETT’s troubled son REDMOND O’NEAL was granted special leave fr om a sober-living facility on Friday (25Jun10) to visit his mother’s grav e for the first time on the year anniversary of her death.
Redmond, who was in jail when his mother died a year ago on 25 June (09 ), has since been placed in a drug treatment centre in Pasadena, Californ ia as he continues to battle the addictions that first put him behind bar s.
Bosses at the venue allowed him a one day pass on Friday so he could vi sit the Charlie’s Angels star’s grave exactly 12 months after she lost he r battle with anal cancer.
Redmond says, "It was very nice, very beautifully set up. I’m just happ y that I’m able to be there for her and let her know I’m doing all right.
" Fawcett’s loved ones also turned out in force in Beverly Hills, Califor nia on Friday (25Jun10) to pay tribute to the actress at the opening of t he headquarters of her Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
Her longtime lover Ryan O’Neal was joined by Redmond, as well as his da ughter Tatum O’Neal and Fawcett’s pal Alana Stewart.
Speaking at the event, Stewart said, "If I can help carry on Farrah’s m ission for the foundation, it’s an honour for me. I feel almost like she’ s a guardian angel watching over me, and I feel like she’s smiling down o n us and very happy that she died for a cause. She felt that she could he lp a lot of people and she could give a lot of people inspiration, courag e and hope." Ryan O’Neal adds, "Farrah was extremely loved around the world. We will try to keep that feeling in play."
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