Last Thursday, Keith Urban revealed that his father, Robert Urban, was going to be placed in hospice care. "He's probably only got a few weeks, if that," he told the Tennessean. "I've just been dealing with that the last couple of days." Unfortunately, Saturday night, Keith announced that his father passed away.
"I've been deeply touched by the outpouring of love and support that [Nicole Kidman] and I, and our family, have received since my Dad's passing on Saturday night," the 48-year-old country singer told People. "His long battle with cancer is now over and he is finally at peace. My dad's love of country music and America set me on my life's journey, and shaped so much of who I am today. Thank you to everyone who has kept us all in your thoughts and prayers."
It was only last Wednesday, while at the opening of his new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame, that the "American Idol" judge even first opened up about his father's health. "This has all come at a very strange time where it's typical of a career that has extreme highs and extreme lows all often at the exact same time," he said, according to Us Weekly. "So [the exhibit] is bittersweet a little bit because [my dad] is the catalyst for all of this. My dad is the catalyst for me living in America."
