“High Potential” star Kaitlin Olson pays emotional tribute to late father: ‘He fought so hard’
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Kaitlin Olson shared the news of her father’s death.
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The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia favorite wrote a beautiful tribute to her “first love.”
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Her husband, Rob Mac, also celebrated the life of Don Olson.
High Potential star Kaitlin Olson is saying a public goodbye to her late father.
On Monday, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress announced the death of Don Olson. She shared a powerful tribute on Instagram, alongside photos over the years with her dad, as well as a shot of him with her husband, Rob Mac.
“Honestly it feels a little gross to bring this to social media,” Olson wrote. “It’s too fragile and too private. But nothing feels more wrong than to just move on with life as if the worst thing in the world didn’t happen. As if everything that matters didn’t just suddenly end. My dad died. My first love, my first protector and my forever favorite person. He fought so hard and so long to stay with us.”
She continued, “I hate words right now. None are good enough to describe who he was. The luckiest thing to happen to me in this lifetime was getting him as my dad. Maybe the second was the gift of holding him on his way out. I love you, daddy. I will keep all my promises. Just like you.”
Olson’s costars Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jimmi Simpson, and Steve Howey were among those to show their support on the emotional post.
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Olson shares two teenage sons with Mac, her longtime husband and Always Sunny costar, and he also reacted to the loss of his father-in-law.
“Words are impossible,” he wrote on Olson’s tribute. “There is no one like him. My whole goal in life is to be half the man he was. I’ve never seen a person love someone the way he loved you. I am so grateful that he lived and so proud that I got to be his son for the past 17 years.”
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