“ALS is a cruel disease,” her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, said in a statement posted on Instagram .”But there is some comfort in knowing he had the best of caretakers in my amazing sister and the band of nurses she assembled who helped her look after him in their home. Rest in peace, Bryan.”
Sandra and Bryan met when Bryan was hired as a photographer for her son Louis’ birthday party; Sandra is mom to son Louis, now 14, and daughter Laila, 11, via adoption.
Bryan’s diagnosis saw Sandra step back from acting, and she told CBS News that she wanted to be a more present parent.
“I want to be at home,” she said in 2022. “I was always running to the next thing. I just want to be present and responsible for one thing.”
The actress is now 60, and in a public message to friend Hoda Kotb, who turned 60 in August, she spoke of the milestone birthday.
“Hoda, Hoda, Hoda, Hoda,” she began. “I had so many brilliant and funny things prepared for you for this message that were just gonna slay. But you know, girl, I’m just too tired. Tired because I had to make my way up that mountain before you got up there, so I could check out the terrain and see what things look like and just get the feel so I can fill you in.”
“Turns out it’s pretty damn great!” Sandra enthused. “It’s pretty awesome. And for a [expletive] like you…when you get to the top of the mountain…everything is amazing, because you made it that way.”
