Vanessa Hudgens, Set To Perform In Grease: Live Tonight, Reveals Her Father Greg Has Passed Away From Cancer

Ugh.
What a terrible month in so many ways — and this Vanessa Hudgens news only adds to our sadness over so many lost in January.
The 27-year old actress revealed on Sunday morning that her father, Greg, passed away last night, sharing a tweet with her followers (below):

I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer. Thank you to everyone who kept him in your prayers.
— Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) January 31, 2016

The actress had been all set to portray Rizzo in tonight’s live performance of Grease: Live on FOX.
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Regarding that, she followed up the awful news with another tweet (below):

Tonight, I do the show in his honor.
— Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) January 31, 2016

We can only imagine how hard this is going to be for her, and we are SO sad Vanessa and the rest of her family has to go through this.
Our thoughts are with them all during this very difficult time.
[Image via Nicky Nelson/WENN.]