Kylie Gillies writes touching letter to late father on 92nd birthday

The Channel 7 star, 55, commemorated the occasion on Instagram with a series of photos of her father Ron and a lengthy status explaining how she and her family celebrated the day without him. shared.

Gillies, who held back tears when he revealed his father’s death live on air last year, shared touching details of his life in a post, saying he’s always loved birthdays.

“Today would have been your 92nd birthday,” she wrote to “Dad.”

“For the first time in our lives you are not here. It breaks our hearts, but you will make us proud.”

“Mom came up to Sydney and Gus and I took her out to lunch, just like you did,” she said of the day with mom Marg and her 19-year-old son.

“Julia (Gillies’ niece) posted you on Instagram this morning. Of course she did! You and her have become quite the Instastar together.”

She went on to reveal that the family was going to get together for cake tonight, sharing that her father “laughed” because she was from the supermarket and her sister Stacey would have “baked you a jackpot.” did.

“You always loved your birthday and proudly told everyone that you were a ‘1930 model.’ Like a car,” she wrote, concluding: Not just today. But especially today. ”

Last September, Gillies confirmed his father’s death on-air, revealing heartbreaking details that he was unable to attend his funeral in person.

Speaking to viewers about her absence from the show last week, she said:

Gillies described her father as a “proud guardian” to her and sister Stacey, and an “adored grandpa” to her sons Gus and Archie, as well as her nieces Anna and Julia.

“My father, Ron or Ronnie, loved football and cars and people. Yeah, he loved to chat with anyone,” she said.

The media personality explained that she watched her father’s funeral on a livestream due to Queensland border restrictions.

“If I could crawl over my computer screen to get there and hug my mom and sister, I would.

“As Mom said in her letter to Dad, ‘Thank you for the life you gave us.’ We will love and miss you forever.”

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