Ryan O'Neal's daughter says his Malibu home was destroyed in LA fires
The blaze to the actor's longtime residence off Pacific Coast Highway comes more than two years after he died at the age of 82 on December 8, 2023.
The Malibu home late Hollywood stars Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett lived in has burned down amid the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, his daughter Tatum O'Neal said Saturday.
'It’s the saddest ever so sad I could cry,' the Oscar-winning actress, 61, said on Threads. 'My father’s house is gone Malibu gone.'
Tatum subsequently spoke about the fire damage in a comment thread adjacent to a post actor Michael Douglas shared to Instagram Saturday.
'My father’s house in Malibu is gone Malibu house gone,' said Tatum, who won an Academy Award performing opposite her father in 1973's Paper Moon.
The blaze to the Love Story actor's longtime residence off Pacific Coast Highway comes more than two years after he died at the age of 82 on December 8, 2023Â from congestive heart failure.
It also comes more than 15 years after Fawcett's death at 62 from cancer on June 25, 2009. She and O'Neal never married, but dated and lived with one another on-and-off (sans a split from 1997-2001) from 1979 until her death.
The Malibu home late Hollywood stars Ryan O'Neal lived in has burned down amid the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, his daughter Tatum O'Neal said Saturday.
O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, pictured in NYC in 1989, lived at the oceanfront home for yearsÂ
Insiders told the New York Post a report published following Ryan's death in December of 2023, Ryan left a $30 million estate that included the 2,344 square foot home, which was valued at $5 million.
A recent Redfin listing estimated the home, which had three bedrooms and three bathrooms, for $3,348,606.
Confirmation of the home's destruction occurred during a weekend firefighters spent blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area.
The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were missing, a number authorities said was also likely to rise.
Twelve people were missing within the Eaton Fire zone and four were missing from the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.Â
Investigators were reconciling whether some of the missing might be among the dead but so far no children were among those reported missing, he said.
Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 24 over the weekend. Eight deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire and 16 to the Eaton Fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner´s office.
The toll could rise still more as cadaver dogs conducted systematic searches in leveled neighborhoods. Authorities established a center where people could report the missing.
Ryan's daughter Tatum O'Neal opened up about the home burning down Saturday on social mediaÂ
The oceanfront home was pictured in 2004Â
While a relative calm Sunday allowed some people to return to previously evacuated areas, however, the National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for severe fire conditions through Wednesday, with sustained winds of 50 mph and gusts in the mountains reaching 70 mph.Â
The most dangerous day will be Tuesday, warned fire behavior analyst Dennis Burns at a community meeting Sunday night: 'It will kind of ebb and flow over the next couple days. Tomorrow night, it will really ramp up.'Â
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone said 70 additional water trucks arrived to help firefighters fend off flames spread by renewed gusts: 'We are prepared for the upcoming wind event.'
Fire retardant dropped by aircraft will act as a barrier along hillsides, officials said.
Fierce Santa Ana winds have been largely blamed for turning the wildfires sparked last week into infernos that leveled entire neighborhoods around the city where there has been no significant rainfall in more than eight months.
Officials also were building an online database to allow evacuated residents to see if their homes were damaged or destroyed. In the meantime, LA city Fire Chief Kristin Crowley urged people to stay away from scorched neighborhoods.
The late actor, pictured in front of the home in 2010, died in December 2023
A satellite infrared overview of homes in Malibu Thursday depicted the treacherous conditionsÂ
Officials warned the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.
About 150,000 people in Los Angeles County remained under evacuation orders, with more than 700 residents taking refuge in nine shelters, Luna said.
In all, four fires had consumed more than 62 square miles, an area larger than San Francisco. The Palisades Fire was percent contained and containment on the Eaton Fire reached 27 percent. Those two blazes alone accounted for 59 square miles.
Crews from California and nine other states are part of the ongoing response that includes nearly 1,400 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 personnel, including newly arrived firefighters from Mexico.
The fires that began Tuesday just north of downtown LA had burned more than 12,000 structures. No cause for the largest fires was determined.
Early estimates suggest they could be the nation's costliest ever , as much as $150 billion according to an AccuWeather estimate.