Clint Eastwood’s partner Christina Sandera dead at 61 as actor cries ‘I will miss her very much’
CLINT Eastwood’s longtime companion, Christina Sandera, has died at the age of 61.
Christina Sandera and Clint Eastwood started dating in 2014, shortly after meeting at his Carmel-by-the-Sea restaurant.
Clint Eastwood and Christina Sandera first met at his Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Sandera was working at the restaurant as a hostess.
The duo hit it off and they had been dating for the last decade.
“Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and I will miss her very much,” Clint Eastwood said in a statement released Thursday night.
A Warner Bros. spokesperson told the press that Clint would not be releasing any additional information on Christina’s death as he grieves the loss privately.
Before dating Christina, Clint had been married twice, to model Maggie Johnson from 1953 to 1987, and to news anchor Dina Ruiz from 1996 to 2004.
He’s 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 child, daughter Morgan, down the aisle at her wedding.
Along with Morgan, Clint’s also a dad to sons Kyle and Scott, and daughters Laurie, Kimber, Alison, Kathryn, and Francesca.
His oldest child, Laurie, was born in 1954, while his youngest, Morgan, was born in 1996.
Little is known about Clint Eastwood and Christina Sandera’s relationship, as the couple were relatively low-key over the last decade.
Despite attending several high-profile events together, including the Academy Awards, 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 that are involved there and they’re 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 duo were occasionally spotted running errands together, like a grocery run back in June 2014.
Christina was also at Clint’s side at the 2015 Oscars, a screening of Clint’s film, Sully, in 2016, and at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
In 2018, she even attended the premiere of Clint’s film, The Mule, along with a few of his children, his first wife, and his granddaughter.
Clint’s latest Hollywood venture, Juror No. 2, is currently in postproduction.
The project marks his 40th film as a director, and his first film since Cry Macho, released in 2021.