Laura Dern Turns Grief Into Advocacy After Late Mother's Battle with Rare Lung Disease

Laura Dern's mother, the actor Diane Ladd, recently passed away at 89 from a rare lung disease. Here, Dern shares her mother's journey with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a common type of interstitial lung disease (ILD).
Healthline Daily News
February 10, 2026
Laura Dern Turns Grief Into Advocacy After Late Mother's Battle with Rare Lung Disease
 
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