The husband of actress Mary Beth Hurt has broken his silence after her tragic death aged 79 following a battle with disease.
Paul Schrader had confirmed on Sunday that his wife had passed away at a Jersey City, assisted living facility she had been residing in.
On Monday, the 79-year-old Oscar-nominated writer and director took to his to reflect on the loss of his beloved wife whom he married in 1983.
Schrader posted a photo of his father's journal under a magnifying lens with the caption: 'NOVEMBER 23, 1978. My father kept a meticulous and finely printed daily journal.
'On 1978 he wrote simply "Joan died 12:20 am." Nothing more. Joan was his wife and my mother.
'He was made of stern stuff. I've looked at this entry over the years and wondered how I'd feel in his place. Now I'm in that place.'
Actress Mary Beth Hurt (seen in New York back in May 2010) has died at the age of 79 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease and now her husband has reflected on his loss after over 40 years of marriage
Paul Schrader had confirmed on Sunday that his wife had passed away at a Jersey City, New Jersey assisted living facility she had been residing in (the pair are seen in May 2018)
Meanwhile Schrader and Hurt's daughter Molly Schrader took to Instagram with a memorial for her late mother.
'Yesterday morning we lost my mom, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer’s after a decade long battle with the disease,' Molly Schrader said in an Instagram post Sunday. 'She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those [roles] with grace and a kind ferocity.
On Monday evening, the 79-year-old Oscar-nominated writer and director took to his Facebook to reflect on the loss of his beloved wife whom he married in 1983
Among Hurt's best known roles came in The World According to Garp, in which she acted opposite the late Robin Williams
Hurt's best known cinema roles came in 1982's The World According to Garp, 1979's Chilly Scenes of Winter, and the 1978 Woody Allen movie Interiors, which .
