Farrah Fawcett’s longtime love Ryan O’Neal appeared on The Today Show Thursday to talk about the late Charlie’s Angel star, who died a year ago Friday after a valiant battle against  cancer.

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“I miss her — we all miss her,” O’Neal said, noting that living without Fawcett has been harder that he thought it would be.

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When Today host Meredith Vieira asked him about the progress of the couple’s son Redmond — who was incarcerated on drug charges at the time of his mother’s  death on  June 25, 2009 — O’Neal said, “I’m extremely relieved and gratified by his progress in the last year,” and that Fawcett “would be proud of him” if she were alive today.

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O’ Neal commented that he thinks the positive changes for Redmond, who he said is currently in a sober-living facility in Pasadena, California, are due to a deathbed promise he made to his ailing mother last year.

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“He was thunderstruck to lose her, he was really scared and he turned his life around immediately — immediately,” O’Neil said. “I’ve never seen such focus and success,” noting that Redmond is due to make his first trip to Fawcett’s grave site soon.

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