Bryan Randall, a photographer who started dating actress Sandra Bullock in 2015, died August 5 after a private, three-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, according to a statement by his family.
Bullock, 59, and Randall were rarely spotted out in public together. She has yet to release a statement regarding his death. The family asks for privacy and respect during this difficult time.
“It is with great sadness that we share that on Aug. 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS. 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.
“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.”
ALS is a rare neurological disease which affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.
How did Sandra Bullock meet Bryan Randall?
Randall and Bullock met in 2015 when she hired him to photograph her five-year-old son’s birthday party.
He was her first serious partner since she divorced Jesse James in 2010. They raised Bullock’s two children together, while his older daughter also formed part of their life.
Bullock once made an appearance on Red Table Talk and explained why she didn’t feel like marrying him was necessary.
“I don’t want to say do it like I do it, but I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner, devoted mother,” she stated. “I don’t need to be told to weather a storm with a good man.”