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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
Reese Witherspoon is remembering her person and collaborator, Jean-Marc Vallée.
The director, who worked with Witherspoon connected Wild and Big Little Lies, died connected Christmas Day successful 2021. He was 58.
In grant of the heartbreaking anniversary, Witherspoon shared a representation of her and Vallée filming 2014's Wild together. "I miss you my friend," Witherspoon—who earned an Oscar information for her relation successful the movie—captioned the Instagram Story photo. "RIP Jean-Marc Vallée."
Vallée's rep antecedently confirmed to E! News that the filmmaker passed away "suddenly and unexpectedly" astatine his compartment extracurricular Quebec City, Canada.
"My bosom is broken," Witherspoon tweeted in Dec. 2021 aft quality of his decease archetypal emerged. "My friend. I emotion you."
Meanwhile, chap Big Little Lies prima Shailene Woodley wrote connected her Instagram Story, "I americium successful shock. Complete and utter shock. My f--king deity decease is the worst. But I conjecture someway I cognize you volition crook it into a expansive adventure...one for the books. One I tin hold to work & to ticker erstwhile my clip comes."
Vallée's sons Alex Vallée and Emile Vallée besides paid tribute to the Oscar nominee soon aft his death.
"Our begetter was a generous man, profoundly quality and who lived beingness to its fullest," they said successful a connection obtained by E! News astatine the time. "He wanted to unrecorded a agelong beingness and was moving connected large projects! He was a root of inspiration for galore and leaves fantastic memories for those who had the privilege to enactment with him, to emotion him and to admit his craft."
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In April, Vallée's household confirmed that helium died from bosom complications, specifically, "a fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to terrible coronary atherosclerosis."
Vallée's sons besides acknowledged the enactment they'd received since their dad's passing. "We are sincerely grateful," they said successful a connection astatine the time, "and we anticipation that his creativity volition proceed to service arsenic inspiration and guidance to the radical successful this manufacture that helium was truthful passionate about."
