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The &34;Chinatown&34; actress and mother of Laura Dern died Nov. 3. Diane Ladd's cause of death revealed 2 weeks after her death at 89 The &34;Chinatown&34; actress and mother of Laura Dern died Nov. 3. By Raechal Shewfelt :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RaechalShewfeltauthorphotoc49d3a3b6aa442f588f2bbc0de804e09.jpg) Raechal Shewfelt Raechal Shewfelt is a writer at . She has been working at EW since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Yahoo and in American Journalism Review and The Shreveport Times. EW's editorial guidelines November 17, 2025 5:54 p.m.
The "Chinatown" actress and mother of Laura Dern died Nov. 3.
Diane Ladd's cause of death revealed 2 weeks after her death at 89
The "Chinatown" actress and mother of Laura Dern died Nov. 3.
By Raechal Shewfelt
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November 17, 2025 5:54 p.m. ET
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Diane Ladd died Nov. 3. Credit:
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The cause of death for actress Diane Ladd was acute on chronic hypoxic respiratory failure, according to her death certificate, obtained by PEOPLE. Both interstitial lung disease and esophageal dysmotility also contributed.
Ladd, who was 89, was cremated Nov. 10, according to the document.
Known for her roles in movies such *Wild at Heart*, *Chinatown*, and *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore*, the actress died Nov. 3, her daughter, Laura Dern, confirmed at the time.
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Diane Ladd and daughter Laura Dern pictured in 2015.
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"My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother passed with me beside her this morning at her home in Ojai, Calif." Dern said in a statement to **. "She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created. We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now."
In more than six decades on the silver screen, Ladd was nominated for three Oscars (*Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart*, and 1999's *Rambling Rose*.)**
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Published: November 18, 2025 at 01:38AM on Source: MARIO MAG
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