Photographer Bryan Randall, Sandra Bullock's partner, passed away on August 5 at the age of 57. His family was in charge of announcing the news last Monday in a statement to People, in which they shared that Randall suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease he was diagnosed with three years ago and the cause of his death.
"Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after three years of battle against ALS," shares his family, clarifying that the photographer would have decided from the beginning to keep his condition private. "Those of us who care for him did everything possible to comply with his request," they say, thanking the medical team that has been watching over him all this time for his support and care.
"We ask for privacy for our mourning and assimilate the impossibility of having to say goodbye to Bryan," concludes the family, who instead of flowers for his funeral ask for donations for the ALS unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Oscar-winning actress met the photographer in 2015, after he hired her to immortalize the birthday party of her eldest son, Louis. Since then, they have become inseparable, going public with their relationship a year later, at the wedding of her friends Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux. Since then, the couple have lived their romance discreetly, raising their children together: the two of the actress, Louis (13) and Laila (10); and Randall's daughter.
“I have found the love of my life”, the actress confessed in an interview in 2021, “we have wonderful children and it is the best in the world”. Bullock always insisted that Randall was the best role model she could have wanted around her children. "He is a role model even when we disagree," she confessed.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease in which certain nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord (motor neurons, control the muscles that allow the body to move) gradually die. People with ALS gradually become disabled, although the rate of worsening varies from case to case.
Currently, there is no cure for the disease. In most cases, death occurs within three to five years after diagnosis, with some exceptions.
