"Bobby rearranged where we were all sitting so that he could sit next to her, then kissed her live on television. Curtis said she and Carradine, who were still young, fairly unknown actors at the time, quickly began dating and became a little family, [living] in a dirt-floored house in Laurel Canyon along with his daughter, Ever, who was 3 at the time."
"I remember walking with Ever to the little Canyon market and bringing our laundry down to the laundromat below and folding her little clothes for the first time and the simplicity and beauty of Laurel Canyon in the late '70s, Curtis wrote."
"In a statement, the family wanted to be open about Robert's valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder. There is no shame in it, Oscar winner Keith, 76, told Deadline. It is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul."
Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to Robert Carradine following his death by suicide at age 71. The pair met in 1977 on the Dinah! show and quickly began dating, forming a family unit that included Carradine's daughter Ever. Curtis fondly recalled their life together in Laurel Canyon, including simple domestic moments like caring for Ever and doing laundry. Though they eventually separated, Curtis and Carradine remained lifelong friends, with Curtis maintaining her friendship with Ever, now 51. Carradine's brother Keith confirmed the death and revealed Robert's decades-long struggle with bipolar disorder, emphasizing there is no shame in mental illness.
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