Laura Dern Shares Bittersweet 90th Birthday Tribute to Her Late Mom Diane Ladd

Laura Dern shared a tribute to her late mother, actress Diane Ladd, on her 90th birthday.

Dern shared the message on Instagram on Saturday, November 29, along with an old black and white photo portrait of Ladd.

“Happy birthday to my hero, the most extraordinary man I have ever known, today would have been his 90th birthday,” Dern, 58, began her post.

She further added, “As an artist and a human being, you always loved, always dreamed, always created and were always in service to all. I love you, mom.”

Ladd died of hypoxic respiratory failure on November 23 at the age of 89. Dern announced her mother’s death in a statement obtained by People at the time.

“My amazing hero and my precious talent as a mother, Diane Ladd, joined me this morning at her home in Ojai, California,” Dern said in the statement.

He said, “She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic soul that one could only dream of.” “We were lucky to have her. She’s flying with her angels now.”

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In a joint 2023 interview with People, the pair shared that they had grown extremely close in recent years — in no small part due to a health scare in which doctors told Ladd he might only have six months to live in 2019.

Dern recalled her mother’s diagnosis, saying, “We both wanted to talk about the things we had left unsaid in our lives.” “Places we didn’t go to because we didn’t want to hurt each other by talking about heartbreak or trauma.”

Ladd said, “I thought I was dying, so Laura and I just told each other everything. Just healing ourselves and our relationship was a great start.”

During the interview, Ladd also said that she views aging as a “gift”.

“I don’t believe in age. How many times you’ve been around the sun doesn’t tell you how your bones feel or how much wisdom you have. Old age gives you a gift if you’re ready for it, where the curtains you’ve worn all your life start to peel back and for the first time, you start to see a bigger picture,” she said.

Ladd’s many film and TV credits include Alice doesn’t live here anymore (and TV sitcoms Alice, Based on the 1974 film), strong heart And Wandering RoseHe was nominated for three Oscars and three Emmys,