Clint Eastwood mourns the loss of his long-time partner Christina Sandera – NBC New York

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Clint Eastwood honors his love.

The “Million Dollar Baby” star confirmed the death of Christina Sandera and paid tribute to his girlfriend of 10 years. She was 61 years old.

“Christina was a loving, caring woman,” Clint said in a statement on July 17, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I will miss her very much.”

The couple met when she was working as a hostess at Clint’s Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in California, the source said. They began dating in 2014, a year after the 94-year-old filed for divorce from his ex Dina Eastwood – with whom he has daughter Morgan Eastwood, 27 – after 17 years of marriage.

Although Eastwood and Sandera have kept their private lives private, the couple have appeared together at events over the years, including the 2015 Oscars and on the red carpets for Sully in 2016, his films The Mule and 15:17 to Paris in 2018, and Richard Jewell in 2019.

Before his relationships with Sandera and Dina Eastwood, the actor was married to Maggie Johnson and had long-term relationships with Roxanne Tunis, Sondra Locke, Jacelyn Reeves and Frances Fisher.

And although Eastwood – who is also father to children Laurie Murray (70), Kimber Lynn Eastwood (60), Kyle Eastwood (56), Alison Eastwood (52), Scott Eastwood (38), Kathryn Eastwood (36) and Francesca Eastwood (30) – has been a productive personality in Hollywood for more than sixty years, he remains silent about the inner workings of his life.

“There are other people involved and they are vulnerable people,” he previously told CBS News. “I can protect myself, but they can’t.”

But in the past, Dina Eastwood had talked about her family and reflected on what kind of partner the Oscar winner was.

“He’s probably the nicest guy I’ve ever met,” she said on “Bethenny” after filing for divorce. “He’s the sweetest, he’s a loving, kind, low-key person, so my intuition to marry a good person was still great.”