What happened to Diane Ladd?

American actress, Diane Ladd has reportedly been diagnosed with scarring on her lungs. This was due to being exposed to pesticides spared in her neighborhood in Ventura County, California, in 2018.

In an interview her daughter, Laura Dern had in April 2023, she shared that the doctors told her mother Ladd had only three to six months to live.

“They said if you can get her walking, expand her lung capacity, maybe it will help,” Dern shared.

According to Dern, Ladd was hesitant to walk with Dern at first because it was painful and she was on oxygen, but the treks soon became therapeutic.

“And she said that she really felt finally releasing some of the grief and challenges and heartbreak of her life, as well as us laughing over absurd fights and silly things we’ve been through, was in fact so healing, physically and emotionally,” Dern said.

“In fact our first walk, I was like, ‘Mom, what do you want to talk about today, let’s get walking. She’s like, ‘Death.’ And she was like, ‘You got born, that happened, you’re going to die, that happens, too.’ She said, ‘I’m not afraid of it.’ She was afraid of leaving me, she was afraid of not being able to watch her grandchildren to grow, and still has that fear,” Dern added.