Wendy Williams’ Father Dies at 94

Wendy Williams – through GROK

*Wendy Williams is dealing with a profound private loss with the passing of her father, Thomas D. Williams, who died on the age of 94.

In keeping with PARADE, the information was shared publicly by her niece and goddaughter, Alex Finnie, on Instagram, accompanied by a touching tribute and a montage of cherished household moments.

Finnie opened her submit with, “I’ll be loving you all the time ❤️🕊️🙏🏾,” and mirrored, “It’s with a particularly heavy coronary heart that I share — after 94 years of extraordinary love, power, brilliance, and knowledge, my grandfather Thomas D. Williams has handed.”

She celebrated his character, noting, “My grandfather was really a person of nice mind — an writer, educator and keeper of historic details. Papa poured into each household and group. I miss him tremendously.”

She concluded the submit by addressing her late grandmother, saying, “I’m somewhat misplaced for phrases proper now, however I like you endlessly Papa. Give Nana a kiss for me ❤️.”

Williams’ mom, Shirley Williams, handed away in 2020. On the time, the previous discuss present described her dying as peaceable. “She didn’t undergo, not one bit,” Wendy shared.

She referred to as her mom “the most effective mom, the most effective girlfriend, {that a} woman might ever have,” and expressed gratitude for having her in her life for 56 years.

When Shirley appeared on “The Wendy Williams Present” in 2010, she mirrored on the day her daughter was born, calling Wendy “a ray of sunshine.”

“In 1964, my household was stuffed with stress and in loads of darkness as a result of my mom was identified with colon most cancers,” Shirley mentioned within the episode, per PEOPLE. “However then, a ray of sunshine got here into our lives. Wendy was born in July. So what a beautiful blessing it was to us, that one was able to be taken away in October, and one introduced a ray of sunshine and hope and fantastic, bubbly persona into our lives.”