Ryan O'Neal’s Malibu Home Destroyed in L.A. Fires, Says Daughter Tatum O’Neal: ‘I Could Cry’

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan O’Neal (left); Ryan O’Neal’s destroyed home in Malibu.Photo:Tasia Wells/FilmMagic; BACKGRID

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Tatum O’Nealhas shared a sad update on her late father’s Malibu home.

On Sunday, Jan. 12, thePaper Moonactress, 61, revealed onThreadsthat her fatherRyan O’Neal’shome has been destroyed in the L.A. fires.

“It’s the saddest ever so sad I could cry. My father’s house is gone Malibu gone,” Tatum wrote.

Photos taken of the area show Ryan’s former beachfront property has been reduced to rubble.

Ryan O' Neal’s destroyed Malibu home.BACKGRID

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“Gone gone gone gone. It’s so scary. I am so freaking sad,” Tatum said, reacting to a clip from a news report shared onThreads.

The blaze at theLove Storyactor’s home comes just two years after he died in December 2023 from“congestive heart failure”at age 82.

It was previously reported that he wasburied next to his long-time partner Farrah Fawcettat Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles.

The couple, who began dating in 1979, had an off-and-on relationship until her death at age 62 in 2009.

Tatum O’Neal (left) and Ryan O’Neal in 2010.Michael Kovac/FilmMagic

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The destruction of the property comes as over 80,000 people have been displaced due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.Ricki Lake,Mel GibsonandHeidi Montagare among the celebrities whose homes have been destroyed amid the blaze.

While many evacuees have lost their homes, the fires have led to a number of deaths, as well. TheLos Angeles County Medical Examinerrevealed on Sunday that the death toll has risen to 24 people.

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Ryan O’Neal’s Malibu home, pictured in 1996.Getty

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna added in a news conference that at least 16 people have been reported missing since Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Over 70 firefighters from Mexico and many from Canada have arrived in California and are receiving training to be able to help contain the flames.

source: people.com