A secret lover? Farrah Fawcett died with her longtime boyfriend by her side, but what did her will reveal about another man in her life?
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00:00A secret lover? Farrah Fawcett died with her longtime boyfriend by her side.
00:04But what did her will reveal about another man in her life?
00:08Farrah Fawcett had three great loves in her life — her husband, Lee Majors,
00:12her longtime boyfriend, Ryan O'Neal, and her son with Ryan, Redmond O'Neal. However,
00:17a fourth man has also come forward, alleging that he and Fawcett had a passionate secret
00:21love affair that spanned decades. Fawcett and Majors were married from 1973 to 1982,
00:27and he's credited with launching her acting career and the iconic red swimsuit poster she
00:31was known for. But People reported that Majors made the error of asking his buddy Ryan O'Neal
00:36to check on his wife while he was away filming, resulting in Majors being kicked to the curb.
00:41Fawcett never married O'Neal, but they were in a tumultuous relationship for 18 years.
00:46Following their split, they remained close as they co-parented their son,
00:49and Fawcett reunited with O'Neal to care for him after he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2001.
00:55He managed to survive leukemia, but sadly, Fawcett wasn't so lucky. She died from anal
01:01cancer in 2009. However, the tragic news was quickly overshadowed by Michael Jackson's
01:06unexpected death just hours later. Still, O'Neal was plunged into grief as he struggled to come
01:11to terms with his loss. He also became entangled in a messy lawsuit over Fawcett's possessions.
01:17Given Redmond O'Neal's struggles with addiction and Farrah Fawcett's cancer battle,
01:20it's difficult to imagine how she found time for a secret romance.
01:24However, Car Wash owner Greg Lott begs to differ. He claims they had a tryst at the University of
01:29Texas, reignited the spark in 1998, and forged a romance that lasted until the actor's death.
01:35He told ABC News,
01:37"[Farrah Fawcett and I reunited in a relationship,
01:39a loving, consensual, one-on-one relationship."
01:43"'No other boyfriends, no other girlfriends.'"
01:45O'Neal and Fawcett were photographed together regularly, and he was right by Fawcett's side
01:50until her last breath, sleeping next to her hospital bed. A friend of Fawcett told People,
01:54"'The night before she died, he was talking and talking,
01:57leading up to the story of when he first met Farrah. It was his way of telling her
02:01how much he loved her. She looked over at me and rolled her eyes, and then she smiled.'"
02:05So where was Lott at the time?
02:07"'He kept me from seeing the love of my life before she died.'"
02:11The former UT footballer showed off evidence he feels supports his relationship claims,
02:15including what he says are handwritten love letters and some old photos of them.
02:19"'I know what I had with her. He didn't have that. He blew it.'"
02:24Greg Lott's alleged secret romance with Farrah Fawcett was revealed during a
02:28deposition he gave for the University of Texas lawsuit against Ryan O'Neal.
02:32Before her death, Fawcett bestowed her art collection, which included two Andy Warhol
02:36prints of her, to her alma mater. However, they only received one, as Ryan O'Neal kept the other.
02:42The university sued the actor, demanding he hand over the silkscreen, worth around $12 million.
02:47O'Neal insisted Warhol had gifted him the painting, so it was his and not Fawcett's.
02:52Meanwhile, Ryan fired off a defamation lawsuit against Hollywood producer
02:56Craig Nevious for accusing him of stealing the pricey print.
03:00Following years of legal wrangling, the university eventually settled,
03:03and Ryan kept the painting. He also won his suit against Nevious.
03:07Radar Online obtained a copy of Fawcett's will. There was no mention of Ryan in it,
03:11but she did leave $4.5 million to their son, Redmond. In addition,
03:16she left $500,000 to her nephew and $500,000 to her father, James Fawcett.
03:21Interestingly, she also left $100,000 to Greg Lott, begging the question,
03:26are his claims true? One thing's for certain, Lott faced off with O'Neal on at least one occasion.
03:31Things became heated between the two when Lott confronted O'Neal outside of his Brentwood home,
03:36accusing him of controlling Fawcett during her final days.