Tatum O'Neal steps out with family ahead of 63rd birthday years after near-fatal stroke

Tatum O'Neal was recently spotted enjoying a day out with her family in Los Angeles.The "Little Darlings" star was photographed at a fan convention with her family, wearing a black dress paired with a coat, glasses and layered necklaces.She styled her hair in an updo and walked outside the convention with the assistance of a cane.O'Neal was accompanied by her daughter Emily McEnroe and son-in-law Tim Massarelli. The sighting comes ahead of the actress' 63rd birthday on Nov.

5 and more than six years after she had a near-fatal stroke in May 2020 following an overdose on morphine, opiates and pain medication.O'Neal was photographed in an all-black outfit during the recent outing.  (Backgrid)'LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE' STAR SAYS CHILD ACTORS GET 'DROPPED' AFTER HOLLYWOOD FAME FADESIn a July 2023 interview with People, O'Neal and her son, Kevin McEnroe, opened up about the health scare, with her son telling the outlet there were moments when he and his siblings, Sean and Emily "didn't think she was going to survive."McEnroe shared that in addition to the stroke, O'Neal had multiple seizures and went into cardiac arrest.She spent six weeks in a coma.O'Neal was spotted out in Los Angeles with her daughter and son-in-law.

She is pictured here in 2018.(Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for New York Magazine)O'Neal has struggled with drug addiction for decades, with McEnroe saying she "had become very isolated" during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and had begun abusing medications, including some prescribed to her to treat neck and back pain and rheumatoid arthritis."She had become very isolated," he told People.

"With the addition of morphine and heavier pharmaceuticals, it was getting scary.COVID, chronic pain, all these things led to a place of isolation.

In that place, I don't think, for her, there was much hope."GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREO'Neal had a near-fatal stroke in May 2020 which left her in a coma for six...

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