Vanessa Hudgens’ Father Dies the Day Before She Performs in ‘Grease Live’

“Tonight, I do the show in his honor”, she tweeted.

The actress delivered a raved-about performance as Betty Rizzo.

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One of the latest fads sweeping network television is the production of live musicals for primetime, and Fox aired a victor with Grease: Live.

Vanessa announced the loss of her father, a former firefighter, on Twitter on Sunday morning.

Relive Hudgens’ emotional performance above. This image released by Fox, Juliane Hough and Aaron Tveit appear during a performance of “Grease: Live“.

However, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Hudgens – whose father Greg died at age 65 just hours prior to her reprising the iconic role – suffered a “hysterical breakdown” once the show was over.

The “Grease” audience was just under the 12.5 million who watched the Republican presidential debate last week on Fox News Channel – but “Grease” may inch past it with delayed viewing. This locket/original Frenchy shirt you left in my room had me crying those happy tears. “I hate cancer with every cell of my being”, she said that time as reported by CNN. Julliane Hough wowed everyone as Sandy, especially when she sang the Olivia Newton-John original, “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.

Marc spoke with Variety and praised her, “It was incredibly courageous of her. She’s a professional, but she’s also a human being and a daughter”. Considering she put on the best performance of her career, it’s very clear that she made Greg proud as he looked on in spirit.

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“I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer”, she wrote.

In a 2015 interview while accepting the 2015 Industry Dance Awards in Los Angeles., Vanessa Hudgens revealed about her father’s life-threatening sickness.