Six months later Clint Eastwood‘s longtime girlfriend, Christina Sandera, died, the 94-year-old’s son shares a rare update on how the veteran actor has been coping.
In a new interview, Scott Eastwood talked about his father’s grieving journey so far.
‘He’s doing well. He’s doing well,” Scott said People magazine. “He’s a survivor, a go-getter.”
In July, Clint announced that his girlfriend of ten years had died.
Scott Eastwood said his father, Clint, is a “survivor.” (Getty Images)
“Christina was a sweet, caring woman, and I will miss her very much,” he said in a statement the Hollywood reporter at the time.
A few days later, Clint’s daughter, Morgan Eastwood, shared a photo with the couple, showing the ‘devastating’ loss.
“A devastating loss for our entire family,” Morgan wrote of Sandera, who died on July 18 at the age of 61. “Thank you Christina for being a good partner to my father. You will be missed.”
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Clint and Christina were together for almost ten years. (Getty Images)
Sandera’s cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia Monterey, California, County Department of Health said in a death certificate obtained by Fox News Digital.
Eastwood and Sandera have kept their relationship private for the past decade. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the two first met when Sandera was working as a host at Eastwood’s Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in Northern California in 2014.
Sandera, a longtime resident of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California — where Eastwood’s hotel is located — attended red carpet events with her boyfriend. The last event the couple attended together was the world premiere of Eastwood’s film ‘Richard Jewell’ in 2018.
Christina Sandera, Clint Eastwood’s longtime girlfriend, died on July 18. (Getty Images)
The award-winning actor and director is the father of eight children: Laurie Murray, Kimber Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Alison EastwoodScott Eastwood, Kathryn Eastwood, Francesca Eastwood and Morgan Eastwood.
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Clint was married twice. His first marriage was to model Maggie Johnson from 1953-64. The former couple did not finalize their divorce until 1984. He then married Dina Ruiz in 1996, and the couple divorced in 2014.
Tracy Wright and Janelle Ash of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
