Bryan Randall: Sandra Bullock's long-term partner dies aged 57

Actress Sandra Bullock's semipermanent partner, lensman Bryan Randall, has died astatine the property of 57.

His household confirmed helium died aft being diagnosed 3 years agone with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In a statement, Randall's household said they were "immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the scenery of this illness".

"ALS is simply a cruel illness but determination is immoderate comfortableness successful knowing helium had the champion of caretakers successful my astonishing sister and the set of nurses she assembled who helped her look aft him successful their home," Gesine Bullock-Prado wrote connected Instagram.

"I'm convinced that Bry has recovered the champion sportfishing spot successful eden and is already casting his lure into rushing rivers teaming with salmon," she added.

The household said the lensman "chose aboriginal to support his travel with ALS private", adding: "Those of america who cared for him did our champion to honour his request.

"We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the scenery of this unwellness with america and to the astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their ain families to beryllium with ours.

"At this clip we inquire for privateness to grieve and to travel to presumption with the impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan."

Sandra Bullock is best-known for films specified arsenic Speed, Gravity and Miss Congeniality, and won an Oscar successful 2010 for her show successful The Blind Side.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), besides known arsenic Lou Gehrig's Disease aft a celebrated New York shot subordinate who died from it, is simply a progressive illness for which determination is nary cure.

It is caused by the decease of nervus cells successful the encephalon and spinal cord that power the question of muscles that we power consciously.

The illness often begins with musculus twitching and weakness successful an limb oregon leg, occupation swallowing oregon slurred speech, but arsenic it progresses it profoundly impacts connected the quality to move, speech and adjacent breathe.

Most radical dice wrong 2 years of being diagnosed.

The nonstop origin of the illness is inactive not known. A tiny fig of cases are inherited.