According to members of his family, Bryan Randall, the lifelong companion of the award-winning actress Sandra Bullock, has passed away. Randall, who was 57 at the time, has been fighting the progressive neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, often known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in solitude. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s sickness.
“It is with great sadness that we share that on August 5th Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a 3 year battle with ALS,” his family said in a statement to CBS News. “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.”
The statement went on to praise the “tireless doctors” and “astounding nurses” who assisted in his care, “often sacrificing their own families to be with ours.” The family has requested privacy while they mourn the “impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan.”
ALS causes degeneration of the motor neurons that go from the spinal cord to the brain, rendering the brain unable to control muscle movement. According to the ALS Association, as the disease progresses, victims lose their ability to speak, eat, move, and breathe.
Bullock, 59, had been dating Randall since around 2015, when he photographed the birthday of her son Louis. In an interview with Red Table Talk in December 2021, she referred to him as a “saint.”
“He is evolved on a level that is not human,” she said, saying that she adopted her daughter, Laila, not long after they started dating.
“I found the love of my life,” she said.
Along with the two children Bullock adopted, Randall also had a daughter.
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“It’s the best thing ever,” she said of the couple’s relationship. “…I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner. … I don’t need to be told to weather a storm with a good man.”
Bullock’s sister, pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado, penned a tribute to her sister’s partner on Monday, saying she’s convinced that he “has found the best fishing spot in heaven and is already casting his lure into rushing rivers teaming with salmon.”
“ALS is a cruel disease but there is some comfort in knowing he had the best caretakers in my amazing sister and the band of nurses she assembled who helped her look after him in their home,” Bullock-Prado said. “Rest in peace, Bryan.”
His family suggested donations be made to the ALS Association or Massachusetts General Hospital’s Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS. Stay tuned to The Current Online for more updates.
