"Happy birthday to my hero, the most extraordinary person I have ever known, on what would be her 90th today, Dern wrote Saturday on Instagram. As an artist and human being, you were always loving, always dreaming, always creating, and ever in service for all. I love you, Mom. She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created, Dern wrote in a statement at the time."
"The three-time Oscar and Emmy nominee died Nov. 3 at age 89, with Dern by her side. Ladd died of hypoxic respiratory failure, according to her death certificate, obtained by People. The shortage of oxygen in the blood is usually caused by underlying lung disease. The certificate noted she'd had longstanding interstitial lung disease, when lungs are compromised by scarring or other damage. Ladd had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2018."
"Mother and daughter starred together in Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose. Ladd was also known for her turn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as well as the television sitcom Alice. The pair had grown closer after Ladd's 2018 diagnosis and penned a memoir together in 2023, Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love, detailing their deepening."
Laura Dern posted a bittersweet Instagram tribute honoring her mother Diane Ladd on what would have been Ladd's 90th birthday, calling her a hero and expressing love. Diane Ladd died Nov. 3 at age 89, with Dern at her side. The death certificate listed hypoxic respiratory failure and noted longstanding interstitial lung disease; Ladd had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2018. Mother and daughter starred together in Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose and grew closer after the diagnosis. The pair co-wrote a 2023 memoir, Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love, detailing their deepening relationship.
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