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INSIDE EDITION EXCLUSIVE: ACTRESS TANYA ROBERTS IS STILL ALIVE, ACCORDING TO HER BOYFRIEND, DESPITE REPORTS THAT SHE DIED ON SUNDAY

 

INSIDE EDITION EXCLUSIVE:

ACTRESS TANYA ROBERTS IS STILL ALIVE, ACCORDING TO HER BOYFRIEND, DESPITE REPORTS THAT SHE DIED ON SUNDAY 

DURING INTERVIEW WITH INSIDE EDITION, ROBERTS’ BOYFRIEND RECIEVED A CALL, HE SAYS: “THE HOSPITAL IS TELLING ME SHE’S ALIVE”

 

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New York, NY – January 4, 2021 – In an exclusive interview airing on Monday, INSIDE EDITION’s Steven Fabian speaks with the boyfriend of actress Tanya Roberts, who was reported to have died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. During the interview on Monday, Roberts’ boyfriend, Lance O’Brien, received the shocking news from the hospital that Roberts was still alive.    

He said the 65-year-old Roberts suddenly collapsed walking her two dogs on Christmas Eve and was rushed to the hospital. Her death was widely reported on Monday.    

While O’Brien was speaking with INSIDE EDITION’s Steven Fabian, he got a phone call from the hospital with the unbelievable news that Roberts had not died but was in the ICU in critical condition.   

Now you’re telling me that she’s alive?” O’Brien said on the phone. “Oh, thank the Lord. Thank God.”  

When Fabian asked O’Brien what happened on the call, he broke down in tears: “The hospital is telling me she is alive. They are calling me from the ICU.”     

 

Fabian asked, “So the hospital just called you to tell you that Tanya is still alive?”   

Yes, I’m so happy,” O’Brien responded.    

He said Roberts, who appeared in “Charlie’s Angels,” “A View to a Kill,” and “That 70’s Show,” did not have COVID-19, but due to pandemic protocols, he was not allowed to be at her bedside to comfort her during what he thought were her final hours on Sunday.   

 

O’Brien said he was told that she had “no hope to live.”   

On December 19th, Roberts appeared to be fine as she spoke to fans during a live chat on Facebook.  

 

O’Brien said he is shocked and enormously relieved that reports of her death were false.  

 

He later told INSIDE EDITION, he again spoke with the hospital, and confirmed that Roberts is still alive, but that her condition is declining.  

 

For INSIDE EDITION’s full report, tune in on Monday, January 4th. Check local listings for times and stations in your area.

 

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