Dayle Haddon’s Daughter Calls Late Model ‘An Angel and Guardian to Us’

Dayle Haddon’s daughter, Ryan Haddon, is thankful for the support she has received in the wake of her mother’s death.

“The reach of her spirit and kindness knows no bounds. I have felt overwhelmed hearing and reading all of your memories, reflections, impressions, and experiences of her,” Ryan, 53, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. “What really resounds so deeply and thoroughly is the consistency of her leading with her heart in all areas of her life, through decades of living.”

She added, “It’s been a wave of love to wade in, while we swim in the deep waters of her loss in the physical. So many of you are still feeling her energy around you, as are we. Whenever she and I spoke about death, which was often, with great curiosity and awe, she promised she’d send signs and messages when she passed. While deeply feeling her grace in this now, I look forward to her ‘higher realm guidance’ on the path ahead. An angel and guardian to us all.”

News broke on December 27, 2024, that Dayle had died at the age of 76. Local police officers confirmed that she had been found unconscious inside Ryan and her husband Marc Blucas’ Pennsylvania farmhouse after a suspected carbon monoxide lead.

“On behalf of myself, my husband and her beloved grandchildren, we thank you for your thoughts and prayers, which are not just words, but actions of devotion to another’s pain and suffering, and they are all deeply felt by us,” Ryan wrote on Tuesday. “Your words and love really do support and uplift. … We will be honoring her in a joyful celebration of life, in her beloved city of New York in the upcoming weeks.”

She added, “Wishing you a new year of love and life fulfilled. May we all intend to live this year heart-led, sharing small and large acts of kindness the way Dayle embodied to the fullest. It really does become our legacy.”

Dayle is survived by Ryan, whom she shared with ex Glenn Souham, and her four grandchildren. Ryan shares two daughters with Blucas, 52, and two older children with ex-husband Christian Slater.

“She always spoke about how she insisted on my soul and no other. Being my mother is what she said gave her the most meaning,” Ryan concluded. “Her role as grandmother, her favorite. I honor her today as the creator of my life into which she imbued so much depth and meaning.”