Ladd died on Nov. 3 at the age of 89
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Laura Dern shared a tribute to her late mom, Diane Ladd, on what would have been the actress’ 90th birthday
Dern posted the tribute on Instagram on Saturday, Nov. 29, along with a black-and-white photo of Ladd
Ladd, an Oscar-nominated actress, died on Nov. 3 at the age of 89
Laura Dern shared a tribute to her late mother, actress Diane Ladd, on what would have been her 90th birthday.
Dern shared the message on Instagram on Saturday, Nov. 29, along with a vintage black-and-white photo portrait of Ladd.
“Happy birthday to my hero, the most extraordinary person I have ever known, on what would be her 90th today,” Dern, 58, began her post.
She added, “As an artist and human being, you were always loving, always dreaming, always creating, and ever in service for all. I love you, Mom.”
Ladd died on Nov. 23 from hypoxic respiratory failure at the age of 89. Dern announced her mom’s death in a statement obtained by at the time.
“My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Calif.,” Dern said in the statement.
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she added. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.”
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In a joint 2023 interview with , the pair shared that they had grown extremely close in recent years — in no small part because of a health scare in which doctors told Ladd she might only have six months to live back in 2019.
“We both longed to talk about the things that we’ve left unsaid in our life together,” Dern said while recalling her mother’s diagnoses. “The places we didn’t go because we didn’t want to hurt each other by bringing up heartbreak or trauma.”
Ladd added, “I thought I was dying, so Laura and I just told each other everything. Just fixing ourselves and our relationship was a darn good beginning.”
During the interview, Ladd also noted that she viewed getting older as a “gift.”
“I don’t believe in age. How many times around the sun you’ve been does not necessarily tell you how your bones feel or how much wisdom you’ve got. Aging gives you a gift if you’re ready for it, where the blinders that you’ve worn all through life start to come off and for the first time, you begin to see there’s a big picture,” she said.
Ladd’s numerous movie and TV credits include
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
(and the TV sitcom
Alice,
based on the 1974 film),
Wild at Heart
and
Rambling Rose.
She was nominated for three Oscars and three Emmys.
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