I'm Grateful To Be Alive

THE OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS HAS SURVIVED A STROKE, ADDICTION AND AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FAMOUS FATHER

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Tatum O’Neal's heart broke when she heard the Malibu home that once belonged to her father, actor Ryan O’Neal, had burned down. “It’s the saddest, ever so sad, I could cry,” she posted on Threads. “My father’s house is gone. Malibu gone.”

Tatum experienced both good and bad times at her father’s home, but at 61, she may finally be ready to move on from her troubles. In 2020, the actress, who won an Oscar at age 10 for her role opposite Ryan in Paper Moon, overdosed on painkillers, opiates and morphine, triggering a severe stroke. She spent six weeks in a coma and upon waking lost her ability speak, walk or see. “Part of me just didn’t want to make it, you know?” she confided to Variety. Today, Tatum still attends speech therapy twice a week and is re-learning how to read.