Several months before model died at age 76, she appeared alongside in a Vogue editorial shoot.
“What a wonderful time working with the brilliant @bazluhrmann on his version of the classic film, To Catch a Thief for @voguemagazine September Issue,” Haddon wrote via Instagram in August. “A genius director and photographer, Baz, enthusiastic, creative, inclusive was so much darn fun to work with!!”
She continued, “Loved working beside the absolutely delightful, funny and mischievous @blakelively. Not only is Blake beautiful, inside and out, she is generous to a fault, fixing my dress during takes, adjusting my fabulous @cartier jewels [and] making sure I was ‘shining’ during the shoot!”
Haddon further praised Vogue icon for “pulling this exciting project” with all the “massive talents” including Lively, 37, and .
Haddon died four months later on Friday, December 27.
“The bright light that is Dayle has dimmed in this Earthly realm. Shining somewhere as radiantly as ever where it’s most needed, I have no doubt,” Haddon’s daughter, , wrote via Instagram. “She was a woman in her power, yet soft and attentive to all. Deeply creative and curious, gifted with beauty inside and out. Always kind and thoughtful.”
The 53-year-old journalist added, “In conversation, she could go to the deepest of places and also soar to the highest heights of spiritual understanding. She held so many up, saw their greatness sometimes hidden to them, and always built bridges with her own connections to help them ascend. She was everyone’s greatest champion. An inspiration to many.”
Ryan, whom Haddon shared with ex-husband , further explained how she planned to honor her mother’s legacy moving forward.
“I always trust the timing of things. There are no accidents and certainly how we enter and exit this world is mystical and unknowable,” Ryan wrote in her upload. “She was a high-hearted spiritual being that put value on her soul’s evolution, so I know her journey here in this dimension must have been complete. I honor her. I bow to her. I revere all the paths and adventures taken. I saw her be golden and always reach for the Light in all areas of her life.”
Ryan reshared her post onto her Instagram Story, with the caption, “Rest in Light, Mom. So grateful for this beautiful should and to be her daughter this lifetime.”
Haddon had been found unconscious inside Ryan and husband ’ Pennsylvania farmhouse after a suspected carbon monoxide leak. A police investigation is ongoing.
