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Inside secret pain behind Sandra Bullock’s smile as A-list star cared for sick husband

Sandra has been left devastated by the loss of long-term partner Bryan Randall, who died aged 57 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), after she had nursed him through illness

With £200million in the bank, a groaning portfolio of properties and a swathe of box office hits under her belt, you’d be forgiven for thinking Sandra Bullock has the world at her feet.

But away from the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, the Hollywood star has been holed up in her five-bedroom Victorian-era mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana, caring for her sick partner as he slowly deteriorated from motor neurone disease. Now Sandra, 59, has been left devastated by the loss of Bryan Randall, who died this week aged 57 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of the progressive neurological disorder. Having taken a step back from her glittering acting career over the last few years, behind closed doors the Oscar-winning star has been looking after Bryan along with a team of nurses, helped by their three children.

The star of Speed, Miss Congeniality and The Blind Side – for which she won an Academy Award in 2010 – had kept Bryan’s condition quiet at his request. In a statement, Sandra’s sister Gesine Bullock-Prado praised her for the “amazing” way she cared for Bryan in his final years, adding: “ALS is a cruel disease 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.”

Bryan’s death is a devastating end to a love story that began when Sandra first met him in 2015 at her son Louis’ birthday party, which he’d been hired to photograph. After they fell for each other, he slotted in perfectly with her blended family, bringing with him daughter Skylar from a previous relationship, but the actress was adamant she would never marry again after the painful split from her cheating first husband, biker Jesse James.

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