Farrah Fawcett, star of TV's Charlie's Angels, has died after a long fight with cancer. She was 62.

Fawcett passed away at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif.

She was with longtime partner Ryan O'Neal and a number of her closest friends.

"She's gone. She now belongs to the angels," O'Neal tells PEOPLE, also confirming that she received the last rites of the Catholic Church. "She's now with he mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much. She was in and out of consciousness. I talked to her all through the night. I told her how very much I loved her. She's in a better place now."

Added O'Neal: "She was with her team when she passed ... Her eyes were open, but she didn't say anything. But you could see in her eyes that she recognized us."