Diane Ladd—who was 89 when she died on Monday, Nov. 3—faced tragedy when Diane Elizabeth Dern, the 18-month-old daughter she shared with Bruce Dern, fell into a pool and died in 1962. Ladd previously opened up about how talking about it helped her cope.

Laura Dern has announced the death of her mother, Golden Globe-winning actress Diane Ladd. "She is flying with her angels now," Dern said.

Reese Witherspoon honored friend Laura Dern’s late mom, Diane Ladd, with a touching tribute. “Oh Diane ! What a beautiful spirit, filled with light, childlike creativity and boundless ideas. ✨,” Witherspoon,

"She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created," Laura Dern said in a statement.

After her stunning turn as the waitress Flo, she earned two more Academy Award noms for her performances opposite daughter Laura Dern in 'Wild at Heart' and 'Rambling Rose': "She is flying with her angels now.

Diane Ladd, actress and mother to Laura Dern, has died. She was 89 years old. "My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Calif.," Dern, 58, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE on Monday, Nov. 3.

Diane Ladd had only two daughters from her first husband, Bruce Dern. Although Diane married three times during her lifetime, she did not share any other children with her last two husbands.