EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Celebs Honor Plastic Surgeon To The Stars Frank Ryan At Vigil
Posted on Aug 18, 2010 @ 07:50AM
The news that Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan died in a car crash on Monday quickly circulated through his friends and family and the Hollywood community he served, and they gathered for a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in Malibu to honor and remember their friend.
Watch the video here on RadarOnline.com
Janice Dickinson, Melissa Rivers, Gary Busey, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Jason Davis and Dennis Haskins joined a crowd of about 60 people holding white candles throughout the free flowing speeches that were emotional remembrances of Dr. Ryan.
Injecting humor into their stories, the celebs spoke about their experiences with Dr. Ryan. “I remember being in the treatment center Serenity after he fixed my face,” Janice Dickinson told the crowd. “I was asking for more drugs, of course, and he said ‘medically you’re fine,’ and I was thinking, no Frank.”
“Frank Ryan was the Bentley of plastic surgeons. He loved kids, he loved women, he loved Humanity,” the Celebrity Rehab star said to the gathered crowd.
Melissa Rivers told a funny story about being in Dr. Ryan’s waiting room after having a treatment to “make your cellulite go away.”
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“I saw these things in the waiting room and they were cupcakes!” Melissa described to Dr. Ryan’s friends gathered next to the beach. “I just remember thinking, God that’s so wrong. We’re here to get fat melted and the man had cupcakes! Which was either a brilliant marketing ploy or just the generosity that even when you’re trying to make yourself look better in a way to always take care of your self and spoil yourself.”
Lisa Rinna and her husband Harry Hamlin did not speak to the crowd, but watched with their candles, and told RadarOnline.com “He was a dear friend. We loved him very much.”
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Gary Busey told the crowd that Dr. Ryan helped him with his face cancer, while Dennis Haskins joked “I’m clearly not one of his patients.”
Ryan's most famous patient, Heidi Montag, did not attend the vigil, but earlier Tuesday, she Tweeted, "He was the most amazing person I have ever known. He was an angel and changed my life and the lives of everyone he met.
"He was the most brilliant talented surgeon who will ever exist," she added. "My thoughts and prayers go out to his mother, family, friends, and anyone who was ever blessed enough to meet him. He is in a better place."
Dr. Ryan made headlines last year when he performed ten procedures on Montag, 23, in one day.
The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed that Dr. Ryan died from blunt force head injuries following his car accident on Monday.
He just celebrated his 50th birthday this past May.
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Aug 05, 2010 @ 17:39
I have had the same Dr for ten years but if I saw him out of the office at Starbucks or something I might nod hello but that would be it. The fact all these patients seemed so tight with him is more than a little creepy.
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 2:36pm
He did not text while driving. Last tweet was 20 mins. before the crash. RIP Doc. He deserves better then this Most of what he had to work with are drug users or alkies. You can only do so much.
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 2:36pm
good example of NOT to text while driving
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 1:11pm
They all have his over exaggerated arched eyebrows and lips the size of my bathroom plunger..
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:32am
Not trying to talk about the man, but he must've not been a good plastic surgeon because he makes all his patients look the same. All of the people look like they had plastic surgery from the same cookie cutter.
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:08am
Not trying to talk about the man, but he must've not been a good plastic surgeon because he makes all his patients look the same. All of the people look like they had plastic surgery from the same cookie cutter. They look the same.
Posted Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:08am