Sandra Bullock's Longtime Partner Bryan Randall Dead at 57 After Private Health Battle
Bryan Randall, the longtime partner of actress Sandra Bullock, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 5, at the age of 57.
"It is with great sadness that we share that on Aug. 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS," his family shared in a statement to People on Monday.
The statement continued, "Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honor his request."
Randall's family went on to thank everyone who helped him fight ALS over the past few years, saying, "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."
"At this time we ask for privacy to grieve and to come to terms with the impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan," concluded the family's statement, with the sendoff, "His Loving Family."
Bullock and Randall first met in early 2015 and a connection sparked, with the couple sharing their romance with the public the following year. They initially crossed paths when Randall, a model who became a photographer, photographed Bullock's son Louis' birthday.
Over the years, the two kept their relationship quite private, staying together until Randall's passing. They raised their three children together, including Bullock's aforementioned 13-year-old son and daughter Laila, 10, and Randall's adult daughter from a previous relationship, Skylar Staten Randall.
During a rare moment when Bullock spoke of her love while visiting Red Table Talk in 2021, she said, "I found the love of my life. We share two beautiful children— three children, [Randall's] older daughter. It's the best thing ever."
Commenting on why they never got married, she added, "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."
Randall's family asked anyone wanting to send flowers or something similar to show support to instead donate to the ALS Association and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
