Clint Eastwood’s partner was 61

Christina Sander

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Christina Sandera, Clint Eastwood’s partner for the past ten years, has died, the actor and director announced. She was 61 years old.

“Christina was a loving, caring woman and I will miss her very much,” he said in a statement released Thursday evening. A spokesman for Warner Bros. said The Hollywood Reporter that no further information was available.

They have been very quiet about their relationship.

The two reportedly met while she was working as a hostess at Eastwood’s Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and began dating in 2014.

As a long-time resident of Carmel, she accompanied the former mayor of Carmel to the 2015 Oscars, when American sniper was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, and on the red carpet for Defile (2016), The mule (2018), The 15:17 to Paris (2018) and Richard Jewell (2019).

Eastwood, 94, was married twice: to model Maggie Johnson (they married in 1953, separated in 1964 and divorced in 1984) and to news anchor Dina Ruiz (from 1996 until their divorce in 2014).

His other long-term relationships included stuntwoman Roxanne Tunis, Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke (they were partners for 14 years and made four films together), flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves, and actress Frances Fisher (they were together for five years and also made four films together).

Eastwood’s 40th film as a director, Juror No. 2a project announced in April 2023 is in post-production.