Hollywood
star
Sandra
Bullock's
longtime
partner
Bryan
Randall
has
died
after
a
three-year
private
battle
with
amyotrophic
lateral
sclerosis
(ALS).
He
was
57.
In
a
statement,
the
model-turned-photographer's
family
said
Randall
passed
away
"peacefully" on
August
5.
"Bryan
chose
early
to
keep
his
journey
with
ALS
private
and
those
of
us
who
cared
for
him
did
our
best
to
honour
his
request.
"We
are
immensely
grateful
to
the
tireless
doctors
who
navigated
the
landscape
of
this
illness
with
us
and
to
the
astounding
nurses
who
became
our
roommates,
often
sacrificing
their
own
families
to
be
with
ours," the
statement
read.
Randall's
family
further
asked
for
"privacy
to
grieve
and
to
come
to
terms
with
the
impossibility
of
saying
goodbye
to
Bryan".
ALS
is
a
rare
disease
that
attacks
and
kills
the
nerve
cells
that
control
voluntary
muscles.
According
to
People
magazine,
Bullock,
59,
met
Randall
when
he
was
hired
to
capture
her
son
Louis'
birthday
party
in
2015.
They
went
public
with
their
relationship
later
that
year
by
making
an
appearance
at
Jennifer
Aniston
and
Justin
Theroux's
wedding.
Bullock,
who
is
mother
to
two
adopted
children
-
Louis,
13,
and
daughter
Laila,
10,
had
talked
about
her
relationship
with
Randall
during
a
2021
appearance
on
Facebook
Watch's
Red
Table
Talk
opposite
Jada
Pinkett
Smith.
"I
found
the
love
of
my
life.
We
share
two
beautiful
children
-
three
children,
[Randall's]
older
daughter.
It's
the
best
thing
ever.
"I
don't
wanna
say
do
it
like
I
do
it,
but
I
don't
need
a
paper
to
be
a
devoted
partner
and
devoted
mother.
I
don't
need
to
be
told
to
be
ever
present
in
the
hardest
of
times.
I
don't
need
to
be
told
to
weather
a
storm
with
a
good
man," she
had
said.