Fran Drescher is mourning the loss of her father.
The former nanny, 66, initially shared the news of her 94-year-old father’s death on Instagram Friday when she wrote, “Still feeling the loss of a great man How is this forever?
Drescher said her father, Morty, “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on March 20 with her and her mother, Sylvia, his wife of “71 wonderful years.” He also leaves behind Drescher’s sister, Nadine.
In a follow-up post shared on Tuesday, the actress continued to reflect on the profound loss as she shared a sweet tribute photo of her parents. “My father is gone. My tears often fall. My mother was extremely heartbroken when her love was so great that she had to say goodbye at the age of 90 to the love of her life since she was 16 years old.
Calling life a “series” of “moments,” Drescher said it is “a difficult life but life has taught me that we rise out of the depths of despair and continue to live, love and laugh.” return but still accept [sic] the new one. and recent scars of deep pain. 🙏💔🥲.”
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In her first post announcing her father’s death, Drescher mentioned her father’s shared love of acting as she highlighted his “several appearances on The Nanny and The Rosie O’Donnell Show.” .
“His values are always in the right place. He respects and respects everyone equally,” Drescher wrote. “He understands the important things in life, which are love of family, simple joys and living in gratitude. He passed these values on to his children and lived an exemplary life.”
The actress said her father “was always the life of the party” and “was a good friend to many people both at work and in his community.”
“He was a wonderful father who taught my sister and I to swim, ride a bike and drive a car. He was the best husband to my mother and remained madly in love with her until his last breath,” she continued
“He was very proud of both his daughters’ achievements. My older sister, who raised her two daughters while gaining her nursing education. And as a systems analyst, I inherited his analytical mind which I referred to throughout my leadership as sag-aftra president, especially during the strike.”
She concluded the post: “I’m happy for him to see me not only achieving success as an actor but even more importantly as a leader because labor does work volunteering for the greater good is the ethic he raised me with. If there is a heaven, he is there now because he lived a pure, honest, and loving life.”
