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Rio Del Valle Hackford, son of director Taylor Hackford and stepson of Helen Mirren, has died at age 52.

The Hollywood community is in mourning as actor and club owner Rio Hackford has passed away at 52 years of age.While his cause of death was not yet revealed, his brother Alex Hackford told Varietythat he passed in Huntington Beach following an unspecified illness.Rio was the son of filmmaker Taylor Hackford and the stepson of his wife Helen Mirren, who appeared in a number of films and TV shows and also owned a number of nightclubs and bars around the country. R.I.P.:Rio was the son of filmmaker Taylor Hackford and the stepson of his wife Helen Mirren, who appeared in a number of films and TV shows and also owned a number of nightclubs and bars around the countryRio was the oldest child of director Taylor Hackford and his first wife Georgie Lowres, who were married from 1967 to 1972.He started his acting career with an uncredited role as a 'street junkie' in the 1990 classic Pretty Woman.

Variety by his brother Alex, who revealed he had died on Thursday in Huntington Beach, California. The actor, who performed as the droid IG-11, voiced by Taika Waititi in The Mandalorian, was the son of director Taylor Hackford and stepson of actress Helen Mirren. His friend, screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis paid tribute to the actor, sharing a black and white photo of him along with a heartfelt caption. He wrote: ‘Rio was more attuned to experience than anyone I’ve ever known.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorActor and club owner Rio Del Valle Hackford, who appeared in films and TV shows including “Jonah Hex,” “Swingers,” “Treme” and “The Mandalorian,” died Thursday in Huntington Beach, Calif. He was 52.His brother Alex Hackford said he died after an illness.Rio Hackford, who was the son of director Taylor Hackford, was remembered by friends for being a “connector of all sorts of people,” said his friend, screenwriter D.V.

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Helen Mirren, 76, is acting royalty! The Hitchcock star has appeared in tons of beloved and critically acclaimed movies throughout her career. From her early career as Hermia in a 1967 adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to more recent roles in mystery dramas like The Good Liar in 2019, there’s no slowing the British star down. Throughout much of her career she’s had one man by her side: her husband Taylor Hackford, 77, who she’s been with since 1986 and married to since 1997. Find out more about Taylor and his marriage to Helen!

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She plays his wife Dorothy in the movie, who is a cleaner dealing with a personal tragedy.While promoting the film, Helen recently appeared on The Graham Norton show.The actress opened up to the talk show host about her life with her husband, Taylor Hackford.Speaking on February 11, she shared how lockdown had been “brilliant” for them.She said: “For the first time in 30 odd years of marriage we sat at the table opposite each other and had dinner together every night for six months.“It was fantastic, brilliant.”Helen and Taylor met in 1985 and were later married in 1997 in Inverness.The couple met on the set of White Nights, a film he was directing.She is a stepmother to Taylor’s two children and lives in Lake Tahoe in the US.

She said that Kempton (played by Jim) would be fighting to save the BBC.The dame said: “If Kempton was around now, he’d have been fighting to save the BBC.“He’d be on the side of the BBC against the Government.”Commenting on her great working relationship with Jim Broadbent and reacting to hearing that he was more proud of his The Duke role than anything before, she said: “And he’s right, because he’s absolutely wonderful in it.“I’d always known at the back of my mind that Jim and I would be a pretty good pairing, although it’s an unlikely pairing – but sometimes the best pairings are the most unlikely.”Helen also recently spoke about her relationship with husband Taylor Hackford on The Graham Norton show.She said: “For the first time in 30 odd years of marriage we sat at the table opposite each other and had dinner together every night for six months.“It was fantastic, brilliant.”The full interview can be read on www.radiotimes.com  

Helen Mirren and her husband Taylor Hackford made the most of spending lockdown together in America.

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Dame Helen Mirren is grateful for the coronavirus lockdown because it has given her a "normal" life with her husband. The 75-year-old actress has spent far more time with her spouse, director Taylor Hackford, at their home in Lake Tahoe than ever before in their three decades of marriage because of the restrictions introduced to stop the spread of COVID-19.