Jim Carrey's ex girlfriend Cathriona White was found dead of an apparent suicide on Monday, just days after breaking up with her famous actor. Her family has just released a statement to the Irish Independent about their loss.

"The family of Cathriona White sincerely regret the untimely passing of their beloved daughter and sister. Cathriona was a shining light in our lives who was loved deeply by her entire family. We will miss her terribly and at this difficult time we ask to be left in private to mourn our loss. There will be no further statements on behalf of the family."

Police sources told TMZ that the 28-year-old Irish woman reportedly left behind a suicide note that referenced their recent split, which had occurred on Sept. 24. While the note that she left has yet to be released to the public, the Irish 30-year-old had some ominous final messages on her social media accounts days before her death.

White's final social media post was a telling tweet on Sept. 24 that said, "Signing off Twitter, I hope I have been a light to my nearest and dearest," she wrote. "[Love] to you all."

Cathriona's penultimate Instagram was a somber William Butler Yeats quote, "Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame."

A number of people have posted heartfelt notes on social media after finding out about Cathriona's death. Zelda Williams, whose father Robin Williams committed suicide, tweeted, "Heartbroken to continue to watch sweet, kind souls be consumed by darkness. May it never hurt less, so we never grow numb to the loss."

Yesterday, Carrey also released a statement: "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona. She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive for this soil, to whom loving and being loved was all that sparkled. 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."

The couple originally met back in 2012 and dated briefly until ending things in early 2013. We found some photos we took of the then-new couple taking a stroll in Malibu on Sept. 15, 2012. However they broke up about four months after those happy snaps were taken. In March 2013, Carrey spoke to the Irish Independent about his breakup with the much younger makeup artist.

"I did go out with an Irish girl," he told the publication. "We're not seeing each other anymore. But she is lovely." But as of May 2015, the duo appeared to have reconciled their romance when they were spotted together holding hands in NYC.

The May/December duo appeared to be going strong. As recent as Sept. 16, Carrey mentioned White on social media when he snapped a photo of "Grand Central, NYC," and wrote on it, "Photo by Cathriona White."