Farrah Fawcett hospitalised, will marry O'Neal 'on death bed'

Terminally ill actress

Farrah Fawcett

has been hospitalised in California and is undergoing urgent treatment, according to reports.

Celebrity news website

People.com

reports that Fawcett, 62, who was first diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital and will remain there for at least two weeks.

According to several reports, the

Charlie's Angels

star is "not doing well".

"There was a moment last week when she was supposed to be released and was going home but things changed," a source told People.

Fawcett's rep confirmed that the star was receiving hospital treatment, but refused to comment further on the star's location: "We are not disclosing where she is at this time. She continues to be treated for her condition."

The star was hospitalised earlier this year for internal bleeding not directly related to her ongoing cancer battle.

Fawcett's long-term lover

Ryan O'Neal

has reportedly been in negotiations to have their incarcerated 24-year-old son,

Redmond

, released form jail so he can visit his dying mother one last time. He is currently serving a year-long rehabilitation programme on drugs charges.

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Earlier today it was also revealed that Ryan O'Neal is set to marry Fawcett, his partner of 25 years, on her deathbed.

"I've asked her to marry me again, and she's agreed," O'Neal, 68, revealed during an interview with TV titan

Barbara Walters

for ABC television show

20/20

.

"We will as soon as she can say yes. Maybe she can nod her head. I promise you, we will," says O'Neal. "Absolutely."

"I used to ask her to marry me all the time," O'Neal said. "But ... it just got to be a joke, you know. We just joked about it."

In an emotional and frank interview to be broadcast later this week on US TV, O'Neal also talks about Fawcett's deteriorating health, and reveals that the actress is now "fighting for her life".

Fawcett was first diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2006, and was given the all-clear after surgery and a course of chemotherapy. But the disease returned in 2007, and despite gruelling treatment, O'Neal told People magazine last month that Fawcett's cancer had spread to her liver and that her treatment had effectively ended. He also confirmed speculation that her trademark blonde hair had fallen out following chemotherapy treatment.

"It's a love story. I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her," he said, "Cancer is an insidious enemy."

O'Neal, who has been a constant figure at Fawcett's side as she battles cancer, also says he's got his wedding outfit prepared and might dress "Like a gigolo. You know? And a little thin moustache and slicked-back hair. I don't know. We have fun, we tease about that.'

Millions tuned in to watch a one-hour documentary about Fawcett's cancer battle, and desperate search for a cure, on US TV last month.

An emotional O'Neal spoke of his love and admiration for Fawcett, and revealed she was bed ridden and fed intravenously through a drip.

The doco,

Farah's Story

, was a candid, revealing and emotionally-charged look at cancer, and it made for gripping viewing. Totally humbling and humiliating.

Fawcett revealed last month that she resented having to share her cancer battle with the public.

"People call, ‘How are you?' ‘How do you feel?' ‘We're praying for you.' ‘Do you still have your hair?' ‘What do you feel like?' When every single call is that kind of call . . . It's all you talk about, it's all-consuming. Then your quality of life is never the same," she told the

Los Angeles Times

.

"I'm holding on to the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something - that may not be very clear to me right now - that I will do."

Speaking of his long-time love in the doco, O'Neall added: "I fell in love with her all over again because of how she handled this." And so did we. What an amazing woman.

It never ceases to amaze us how people can muster the most incredible strength and will at a time when darkness is engulfing them.

But at the end of the day, we guess it all boils down to the enduring human spirit and our innate determination and will to survive. To not sit back and be trampled on when we stumble and falter on life's runway. To pick ourselves up, flaws and all, and get back up and walk. Because that's what we do. We get up again, over and over...

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Pictured: Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett and, inset, Ryan O'Neal. Photos / AP

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