Kevin Hart mourns the death of his father: ‘Gone but never forgotten’

Kevin Hart mourned the loss of life of his father this week in a collection of Instagram posts devoted to “one of many realest & rawest to ever do it.”

On Wednesday, the actor and comic shared a number of candy pictures of his dad, Henry Witherspoon, having fun with high quality time together with his youngsters and grandchildren — enjoyable at dwelling, climbing via the forest, zip-lining via the jungle, lounging by the pool and posing for household portraits.

“Love you dad,” Hart captioned the slideshow on Instagram. “Gone however by no means forgotten….Give mother a hug for me….y’all did good man. Thanks for all the things….I’m a greater father due to you … We’ll all make you proud….”

In a follow-up submit, the “Jumanji” star shared an image of him and his dad with the caption, “RIP spoon.”

Beneath Hart’s Instagram tributes, a number of of his Hollywood friends commented with phrases of assist and provided their condolences. Among the many well-wishers had been actor Dwayne Johnson, comic Hasan Minhaj, comic Chelsea Handler, rapper Ludacris, actor Cedric the Entertainer and comic Wanda Sykes.

“Sorry Kev,” Sykes wrote. “Sending you and your loved ones a lot of love.”

“Blessings bro,” Minhaj wrote. “Like to you and the fam.”

“Oh, sorry, Kev,” Handler wrote. “He wouldn’t have left you earlier than he knew you had been good.”

Whereas selling his memoir on “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” in 2017, Hart opened up about his repaired relationship together with his father, who he stated made “selections to do medicine” and was “out and in of jail” throughout his childhood.

“I feel I’m the very best dad strolling this earth,” Hart informed Colbert. “However I do know why I’m the best way that I’m. My dad has rather a lot to do with that. The errors that my dad made … due to that I now know what being current means. I do know what that may do. I do know the impact that it’ll have in your youngster arising.

“I used to be sturdy sufficient to take care of it arising as a result of I’ve a unique angle. I’m a optimistic man. … And due to that my relationship with my dad is wonderful now, and my dad understands how I really feel and the way I have a look at issues, and now my dad is specializing in being the very best grandparent.”