Jim Carrey (Left) at an event in Los Angeles. Cathriona (Right) image courtesy Twitter
The on-again, off-again girlfriend of actor Jim Carrey has died at her California home of an apparent suicide, police said.
"Cathriona White, 30, was pronounced dead by paramedics Monday evening," Fred Corral, a spokesman at the Los Angeles County coroner's office, told AFP.
He said Ms White's death was being treated as a suicide. Local news reports said the couple, who have been dating on-and-off since 2012, broke up last Thursday.
Ms White sent a cryptic message on her Twitter account that day that read:
Jim Carrey said in a statement that he was "deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona." (Also Read:
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"She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive for this soil, to whom loving and being loved was all that sparkled," the 53-year-old actor added.
"My heart goes out to her family and friends and to everyone who loved and cared about her. We have all been hit with a lightning bolt," he said.
Ms White was found at her home on the evening of September 29 by a friend who called emergency services. She had reportedly left behind a note.