CLINT Eastwood’s longtime companion Christina Sandera has died aged 61.
Christina Sandera and Clint Eastwood began dating in 2014, shortly after meeting at his Carmel-by-the-Sea restaurant.
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Clint Eastwood and Christina Sandera met at his Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Sandera worked at the restaurant as a receptionist.
The duo hit it off and they had been dating for a decade.
“Christina was a loving, caring woman and I will miss her greatly,” Clint Eastwood said in a statement released Thursday night.
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A Warner Bros. spokesperson said. told the press that Clint would not release any additional information about Christina’s death as he mourned the loss privately.
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Before dating Christina, Clint was married twice, to model Maggie Johnson from 1953 to 1987 and to anchor Dina Ruiz from 1996 to 2004.
He has also had several long-term – and high-profile – relationships with some of his fellow Hollywood stars, including Titanic actress Frances Fisher and his The Gauntlet co-star Sondra Locke.
The Hollywood icon also has a large family, including eight children.
He recently walked his youngest daughter, daughter Morgan, down the aisle at her wedding.
Along with Morgan, Clint is also father to sons Kyle and Scott and daughters Laurie, Kimber, Alison, Kathryn and Francesca.
Their eldest child, Laurie, was born in 1954, while their youngest, Morgan, was born in 1996.
Little is known about Clint Eastwood and Christina Sandera’s relationship, as the couple has kept a relatively low profile over the past decade.
Despite participating in several high-profile events together, including the Oscars, Christina tended to shy away from the spotlight.
She had no public social media channels and never spoke publicly about their relationship.
“There are other people involved in this and they are vulnerable people,” Clint told CBS News in 2004, as reported by People.
“I can protect myself, but they can’t,” he added.
Despite their shocking 33-year age gap, Clint, who turned 94 on May 31, and Christina found common ground.
The pair were occasionally seen running errands together, such as a trip to the supermarket in June 2014.
Christina was also by Clint’s side at the 2015 Oscars, a screening of Clint’s film Sully in 2016, and the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
In 2018, she even attended the premiere of Clint’s film The Mule along with some of his children, his first wife, and his granddaughter.
Clint’s latest Hollywood venture, Juror No. 2, is currently in post-production.
The project marks his 40th film as director and his first since Cry Macho, released in 2021.
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