Vanessa Hudgens has shared a touching tribute to her father to mark the one-year anniversary since his passing.
The ‘High School Musical’ actress took to Instagram on Monday (30.01.17) to share a heartfelt message with her fans, marking the first milestone since her father Greg lost his battle with stage 4 cancer and passed away aged 65.
Posting a picture of herself with a filter that gave her angel wings and a halo, the 28-year-old actress wrote: "Today marks one year since my dad passed away. He’s my angel looking down on me and I know how proud he is. I keep trucking on but still feel his presence in my heart. And there he will forever stay. (sic)"
Vanessa’s father passed away on January 30 2016, the day before she was due to take the stage as Rizzo in Fox’s ‘Grease: Live’ – a live televised broadcast of the popular musical – and she stunned fans as she announced she would still be performing "in his honour".
She tweeted at the time: "I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer. Thank you to everyone who kept him in your prayers.
"Tonight, I do the show in his honor (sic)"
The ‘Spring Breakers’ actress – who is in a relationship with Austin Butler – revealed her father’s diagnoses in 2015 when accepted the Breakthrough Performer award at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show.
She said on stage: "Last year, my boyfriend, Austin, lost his mom, Lori, to cancer, and my dad has just been recently diagnosed with stage four cancer. Let me tell you, I hate cancer. I hate cancer with every cell of my being."
"If you would have asked me two years ago what I thought of cancer, I would have said, ‘Man, you know, it sucks. It’s a horrible disease.’ But that’s only because I had not been faced with it personally."
Vanessa Hudgens shares tribute to father on anniversary of his passing
