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Ryan Seacrest has opened up a few heartbreaking loss.
The legendary host and tv character’s father, Gary Seacrest, has handed away after battling prostate most cancers.
Ryan Seacrest speaks on stage throughout the ‘Stage Architects: Nations × Festivals × Awards x Media’ panel on the 2025 Pleasure Discussion board at SEF Area on October 17, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Picture by Amal Alhasan/Getty Photos for GEA)
“It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that my loving father peacefully passed away earlier this week,” he captioned an Oct. 31 Instagram put up. “My mom, sister and I have peace knowing he is in a better place and free of any pain or suffering. We are heartbroken.”
Earlier this 12 months, the Wheel of Fortune emcee had revealed that his dad had been recognized with the aforementioned illness.
Continued Seacrest in his emotional assertion:
“He was a devoted husband for 56 years, an incredible Papa to my niece Flora and my best friend. Dad, you will live in our hearts forever. I love you.”
Ryan Seacrest speaks on stage throughout the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Competition at T-Cellular Area on September 20, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Photos for iHeartRadio)
Included alongside Seacrest’s social media caption have been images of Gary together with his household, together with spouse Constance Marie Zullinger, Ryan’s sister Meredith Seacrest, her husband Jimmy Leach and their daughter Flora Leach.
Afterward Friday, Ryan recalled his last moments with Gary throughout the Friday broadcast of his iHeartRadio present.
“It’s so vivid in my mind, but as he said without much strength or energy that he loved us and that he was going to miss us,” Seacrest advised listeners.
“He looked over at me — and the power in the contact — he said, ‘Take care of your mom.’ And he said to my sister [Meredith, and her husband,] Jimmy, ‘Take care of Flora, my granddaughter.’ Then, literally a few seconds later he closed his eyes and said, ‘I’ve got to go.’ He knew. He was at peace.”
Ryan Seacrest attends YES Students twenty fifth Anniversary Gala on September 4, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Jesse Grant/Getty Photos for YES Students)
Again on July 21, Seacrest stated the next throughout a section on On Air with Ryan Seacrest:
“My dad is about 80 years old, and I have a very close relationship with my father. And my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer years ago and started his treatment. And he, it didn’t get better. It got worse and it spread. It didn’t go well for him.”
In keeping with Seacrest, his father’s sickness took a flip throughout the latest season of American Idol.
“I was on an American Idol show live during last season and my sister called me and she said, ‘Dad is in the ICU. How fast can you get here?’” Ryan remembered, noting Gary had contracted pneumonia.
“I finished the show. We were almost done. I couldn’t even, I didn’t even remember what I was saying was on the show. It was, like, robotic at that point.”
After flying to his father’s bedside, Ryan made positive to treasure of some household recollections.
“I watched [my parents] over the weekends send photos of smiling and happiness and being together,” he stated on the time.
“They’ve been married for 55 years. And they’ve got each other. They’re just happy to sit together looking at an ocean. I want to share that because I’ve been holding that in for a long time.”
