Kate Beckinsale Emotionally Announces Death of Stepfather at 87 After 'Brief Period of Illness'

Mar. 15, 2025

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“I have no words yet,” theUnderworldstar captioned the touching post. “Thank you @katebeckinsale_slovakia2 for making this beautiful thing. I fought for you with everything I had. Oh Roy I am so sorry I lost.”

Beckinsale’s announcement comes after she shared photos of herself and family membersgathered around a hospital bedwhile still wearing hersilver Golden Globes gownon Jan 9.

“Golden globes 2024 start to end @goldenglobes @cbstv,” she wrote alongside the post, which appeared to show she had rushed straight from presenting an award at the ceremony to the hospital.

In one photo, the British star is seen eating a sandwich with a blanket on her lap, while in another she appears to be scrolling through her phone as she rests the sky-high platform heels she wore at theGolden Globes, on the edge of the hospital bed.

The following day, sheposted a single black squareto her account.

“You are now 87 and truly eminent and up for some ludicrous s— as well as being world master of Jungian magic and very good at explaining geographical contours to the reluctant,” she captioned the Instagram post. “I love you so much. Happy birthday 🎂it is so lucky for me that you are older than the Pope and yet will wear a bra on your head for emergency fun 💕💕.”

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The month before, Beckinsale remembered her late father Richard Beckinsale, who died suddenly at 31 of a heart attack when she was just 5 years old.

“March 19 1979 …. Some years hit harder than others," she wrote alongside a video compilation of pictures of her father. “Don’t miss a second. Hug your people hard 🖤🖤🖤,”

source: people.com