Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Laura Dern announced the death of her mother, Diane Ladd, on Monday. The Hollywood Reporter published Dern's statement directly and Variety confirmed with Dern's representatives.
Ladd was married to Bruce Dern from 1960 to 1969. They had two children, Laura and Diane Elizabeth, who died at 18 months old.
She was married to her third husband, former PepsiCo CEO Robert Charles Hunter, until his death July 30. Ladd was 89.
"My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning at her home in Ojai, Ca.," Dern's statement read.
"She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created."
