Clint Eastwood has confirmed that his long-time partner, Christina Sandera passed away at 61.
“Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and I will miss her very much,” Eastwood, 94, said in a statement late last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The couple had been together for almost 10 years, and though they kept their relationship relatively private, fans did get to see them on the red carpet together for the premieres of The Mule (2018) and The 15:17 to Paris (also 2018).
The pair first stepped out together as an item at the 2015 Academy Awards, where American Sniper, Eastwood’s popular adaption of the autobiography by former United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, received six nominations.
However, it was all the way back in June 2014 that Us Weekly first reported that Eastwood and Sandera were romantically involved. At the time, it was claimed that Sandera had been an employee at the Mission Ranch hotel and restaurant in Carmel, California, an establishment Eastwood owns.