Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently shared a heartwarming Instagram post about his father, Rocky Johnson, who passed away last week.
What happened: Dwayne Johnson shared an eight-minute video to IGTV — Instagram’s extended video platform — to thanks people for their support in the wake of his father’s death, Mashable reports.
- Rocky Johnson passed away from a heart attack and a condition called deep vein thrombosis, Fox News reports.
- Johnson encouraged fans to embrace their loved ones.
Johnson: “As you know I lost my old man a few days ago — I lost him just like that. Didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to him. I would give anything right now to give him a big old hug and a big old kiss, before he crossed over, and just say thank you and I love you, and I respect you. But I didn’t get a chance to say that. But such is life, as many of you know.”
Johnson: “If you guys out there have parents around, your mom, your dad, your wife, your husband, your babies, your children, your best friends, your grandparents — text them,” Johnson says. “Call them. Go see them. If they’re close by, and if you can hug them, I want you to hug them. You tell them that these are the marching orders from Dwayne Johnson, who just lost his old man.
Johnson: ”But you hug them and you hug them hard, because that’s what I’m doing with my family, and my friends and the ones I love. I’m hugging them hard, because you never know what’s around the corner. You just never know. Here today, gone tomorrow.”