Kate Beckinsale has penned an emotional tribute to her late father on Instagram. The Pearl Harbour actress lost her actor father - Richard Beckinsale - when she was just five years old.
The Porridge and Rising Damp star died in 1979 of a heart attack when he was 31.
Kate, 47, marked the day by sharing a slew of newspaper articles about her father's death on social media.
Kate wrote on Instagram: "March 19th,1979. And we were never the same again. Thank you to everyone who has kept him alive in our hearts and on our lips.
"And love to everyone missing a shining, special person of their own. I wish I was with my mum today," she added.
She shared a newspaper front page that read: 'ACTOR Richard Beckinsale, the boyish star of TV's 'Porridge' and 'Rising Damp' died yesterday at 31"
The Pearl Harbour actress was proffered much support on Instagram.
"I was only 3 when I lost my dad he was 32, just not fair. Sending love Kate. He will be very proud of you," wrote one social media user.
Another added: "Porridge was one of the first comedies I remember watching when I was a kid and your Dad was wonderful. He will never be forgotten."
Kate has previously opened up about her father's sudden and tragic death.
"It’s so weird as a five-year-old to look out in the street and see people reading the paper and crying while you’re crying and your mum is crying and your granny’s crying," she said per The Express.
“Even though it was the worst loss that I have experienced I was able to share it with people who genuinely, even if they didn’t know him, really seemed to love him," she continued.
"I feel not many people are in that position – to have lost somebody and also to feel like that’s something really relevant to other people."
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