Abigail Breslin’s father Michael has died from the dreaded coronavirus, as she confirmed the sad news in a statement on Friday.
Abigail Breslin’s father was 78.
The 24-year-old actress, who first revealed that her father Michael had tested positive for the virus on Feb. 10, shared the heartbreaking news on Friday that her father had died.
“It was COVID-19 that cut my sweet daddy’s life too short,” the Zombieland star wrote.
“Hard to write this. Harder than I thought.. I’m in shock and devastation,” she wrote at the start of a lengthy statement, alongside photos of her father from over the years.
“At 6:32 PM EST , my sweet, perfect, amazing, heroic, wonderful dada passed away after my family and I said goodbye. It was COVID-19 that cut my sweet daddy’s life too short,” she continued.
“I appreciate more than you know, the love and support my family and I have received.”
Breslin opened up about who her father was, and what he loved most.
“My dad was a hilarious, boisterous, tenacious, rebellious, intelligent, sweet, incredible human being. He loved life. He loved his family,” she wrote.
“He loved taking pictures and flying planes and good dinners and music from the 50’s and 60’s and good couches and Kenyan mountain coffee and funny YouTube videos and email threads and weird poems and politics and he loved me and he loved my brothers and he loved my mom.”
“And we loved him. And we always will. I miss you daddy. I can’t wait to see you again. I won’t ever, ever, ever forget you. To the moon and back dada…” she added. “Love, yours forever, Abs.”