'Age of Innocence' actress Mary Beth Hurt bid farewell to world at 79

Mary Beth Hurt, the three Tony-nominated actress, passed away on Saturday.

The actress, famous for her work in 'The World According to Garp' (1982) and 'Affliction' (1997), died on March 28, at the age of 78, after a more than a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's.

Mary's death news was announced by her daughter, Molly Schrader, on Instagram on Sunday and the demise is also confirmed by Mary's husband, writer-director Paul Schrader, to The Hollywood Reporter.

Molly penned down a detailed note along with a baby photo of herself with her mother, writing, "Yesterday morning we lost my mom, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer’s after a decade-long battle with the disease. She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity.

"Although we’re grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is reunited with her sisters in peace."

For those unversed, the late actress was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015.

Mary was known for her 1980s stage and film roles and starred in Oscar-nominated film including 'Six Degrees of Separation' and 'The World According to Garp.'

She told Theatrelife.com in 2010 that she believed she "was born an actress."