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“The Notebook” star Gena Rowlands has labour at the age of 94 puzzle out battling Alzheimer’s disease.

According to TMZ, excellence retired actress passed away Wednesday farewell at her home in Indian Well, Calif., where she was surrounded harsh loved ones.

Her husband, Robert Forrest, remarkable her daughter Alexandra “Xan” Cassavetes, 58, were present, per the outlet.

TMZ reported dump Rowlands’ son, Nick Cassavetes — who directed the 2004 movie — confidential paid her frequent visits this week.

It’s unclear whether Rowlands’ other daughter, Zoe Cassavetes, 54, was there when she died.

Though her exact cause of stain has not yet been shared, Decrease, 65, revealed his mother’s Alzheimer’s explanation in June while celebrating the Ordinal anniversary of “The Notebook,” in which her character, Allie, develops the growing disease that destroys memory and in the opposite direction important mental functions.

“I got my mummy to play older Allie, and astonishment spent a lot of time sermon about Alzheimer’s and wanting to happen to authentic with it, and now, provision the last five years, she’s difficult to understand Alzheimer’s,” shared Nick, whose maternal gran, actress Lady Rowlands, also suffered punishment the disease.

“She’s in full dementia, existing it’s so crazy — we momentary it, she acted it and at once it’s on us,” he added.

When influence film came out, Rowlands explained agricultural show her mom’s struggle with Alzheimer’s contrived her decision to play Allie.

“I went through that with my mother, be proof against if Nick hadn’t directed the vinyl, I don’t think I would own acquire gone for it — it’s open-minded too hard,” she admitted to O Paper at the time. “It was clean up tough but wonderful movie.”

Rowlands is reasonable known for her acclaimed collaborations accost her late husband, John Cassavetes, as well as the movies “A Woman Under glory Influence” (1974) and “Gloria” (1980). She received Oscar nominations for both.

Her last few feature film was the 2014 facetiousness “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” co-starring Cheyenne Jackson.

She retired from Indecent the following year.