Reese Witherspoon announces sad death of her 'other mother' Nanci Ryder
June 13, 2020 - 09:41 BST Andrea Caamano Reese Witherspoon has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her publicist Nanci Ryder, following her death from ALS at the age of 67.
Taking to Instagram, the Hollywood star shared several pictures of her and Nanci together throughout the years and wrote alongside them:"Sometimes in life, if you are lucky, you meet someone who takes you under their wing and cares for you like a daughter. Nanci Ryder was that other mother to me."I met her when I was 19, and we traveled the world together promoting movies... France, Germany, UK, Australia, Brazil, Russia...
"This is Nanci Ryder. I am 21 in this picture, and it’s my first trip to Europe. Nanci was definitely the most sophisticated person I had ever met, and took me to so many firsts on that trip ," she wrote alongside a picture of the pair inside a restaurant."Nanci also came with me and Freddie, on our first trip as a couple. But more than that, Nanci is the reason that to this day, I'm surrounded by so many incredible female friends.
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