b'actor, lost her marriage to tennis star John McEnroe, along with custody or their threeFarrahs Story was an NBC documentary about the final months children to her own addiction to heroine. In 2008, just a year before Farrahs death,of her life for which her last time with Redmond was filmed. Ryan and Redmond were arrested in their Malibu home for cocaine possession. Below/Right: Ryan ONeal mourning Farrah at her funeral.THE ANGEL LOST TOO SOON. In 2006, Farrah was diagnosed with anal cancer that had metastasized and spread to her liver, for which no effective treatment was available in the U.S. She agreed to allow a reality show filmed by Alana Stewart, noto-rious Hollywood wife previously married to George Hamilton and then Rod Stewart, to document her fight to survive that started with trips to Germany to undergo alter-native therapies.Among the final scenes in Farrahs Story was her last visit from her son, Redmond, who arrived at her condo in shackles and chains, accompanied by Los Angeles Coun-ty Sheriffs deputies. Confined to jail while awaiting transfer to court-ordered rehab, Redmond was granted a final chance to say goodbye to his famous, dying mother. Her last words were said to be his name.Sadly, in the years since her death, Redmond has fallen further into a deep abyss of mental illness, drug abuse and violence. In recent years, he was arrested for a crime spree that resulted in armed robbery and attempted murder charges. Ryan ONeal has given several, self-humiliating interviews since losing Farrah, one in which he blamed his children for triggering his anger over the years. Through tears, he said to Piers Morgan, If [Farrah] had never met us, would she still be alive today? We sucked her in. At no point in her life was Farrah Fawcett ever credibly accused of drug or alcohol abuse, although it was all around her, all the time.On the morning of Thursday, June 25, 2009, the world lost its beloved Farrahher death expected, but no less tragic at age 62. Later that morning just a few miles away, Michael Jackson died of a drug overdose, to the shock of the world at age 50. Sadly, her death was overshadowed in the national media, but to us Coastal Benders, we lost an angel all too soon.TheCoastalBend.com THE COASTAL BEND GUIDE47'