In the final years of her life, Farrah Fawcett was involved in a secret love affair before tragically passing away in 2009 after a battle with cancer.

The actress, who died 11 years ago at the age of 62, was famously married to Lee Majors from 1973 to 1982, with the Hollywood couple marrying 47 years ago today.

Farrah was in a public relationship with actor Ryan O’Neal. Even though Farrah and Ryan never married during their public romance, which lasted from 1979 to 1997, the couple did have their son Redmond together in 1975.

Ryan remained a constant in the actress’s life despite their split, which occurred more than a decade before Farrah’s death,

Despite calling it quits on their love after university, Greg claims the pair rekindled their romance in 1998 and remained together for 11 years until she died of cancer in 2009.

While the late actress was romantically linked to Ryan O’Neal in the years leading up to her tragic death, Greg claims he was the man in the shadows with whom Farrah was truly in love.

In 2013, Greg told ABC News in America: “Farrah Fawcett and I reconnected in a loving, consensual one-on-one relationship. There are no other boyfriends. There are no other girlfriends.”