Ryan O’Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82

Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, stars of the film 'Love Story', at the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square, London.

Hollywood star Ryan O’Neal has died “peacefully” at the age of 82, his son Patrick O’Neal announced.

The US actor starred in drama Peyton Place before rising to international stardom after his Oscar-nominated turn as Oliver in the romantic 1971 film Love Story, opposite Ali MacGraw.