Laura Dern has announced that her thrice Oscar-nominated mother, Diane Ladd, has died.

Dern revealed the heartbreaking news in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, adding that she was at her mother’s side in her final moments on Monday.

“My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home,” Dern said. “She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created.”

Ladd, who would have turned 90 this month, had been living in Ojai, California. Her family has not said how she died.

The Mississippi-born actress was nominated for three Oscars and three Emmys during her career, which spanned six decades.

She was nominated for best supporting actress fo

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