Sandra Bullock’s partner Bryan Randall dead at 57 after ALS battle

Photographer Bryan Randall, the longtime companion of actress Sandra Bullock, died on Saturday on the age of 57 following a battle with ALS, a neurodegenerative illness, The Publish can verify.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we share that on August fifth Bryan Randall handed away peacefully after a 3 12 months battle with ALS,” Bullock and his household shared in an announcement offered to The Publish on Monday. “Bryan selected early to maintain his journey with ALS non-public and people of us who cared for him did our greatest to honor his request.

“We’re immensely grateful to the tireless docs who navigated the panorama of this sickness with us and to the astounding nurses who turned our roommates, usually sacrificing their very own households to be with ours,” the message continued.

The assertion concluded with the household asking for privateness to “come to phrases with the impossibility of claiming goodbye to Bryan.”

The couple first met in 2015 when he photographed one among Bullock’s youngsters, Louis, 13, at a celebration, per TODAY.com.

The pair have been fairly non-public about their relationship through the years, however she opened up about their connection during a December 2021 appearance on Jada Pinkett Smith’s now-defunct “Crimson Desk Speak,” calling him “the love of my life.”

“I’m somebody who went by means of the divorce course of,” she shared with the outlet. Bullock was beforehand married to entrepreneur Jesse James from 2005 to 2010.

“I discovered the love of my life. We share two lovely youngsters — three youngsters, he’s obtained his older daughter. It’s the perfect factor ever,” she continued. “I don’t wish to say do it how I do it, however I don’t want a paper to be a loyal companion and a loyal mom.”

She additionally spoke about their co-parenting, as Bullock adopted each of her youngsters — son, Louis, and daughter Laila, who’s 11.

“My life was already on the monitor and right here is that this lovely human being who doesn’t need something to do with my life, however the proper human being to be there — to assist me … and he’s the instance — the instance that I might need my youngsters to have,” she mentioned in the course of the Fb Watch present.

Randall was a proficient photographer and primarily targeted on “youngsters’s portraits and outdoor scenes,” Closer Weekly reported final 12 months.

He additionally labored as a high-fashion mannequin in his earlier years, in keeping with the outlet, and had even been on the pages of Vogue Paris at one level.

ALS is a severe, progressive neurodegenerative illness that primarily impacts the nerve cells within the mind and spinal wire, per the ALS Association.

The common lifespan for somebody dwelling with ALS is often round two to 5 years.

He’s survived by his daughter and household.