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' father Thomas Williams has died at age 94.
The 61-year-old media personality's niece Alex Finnie announced the sad news in an Instagram post on Sunday.
She uploaded a montage of family videos and shared, 'It is with an extremely heavy heart that I share — after 94 years of extraordinary love, strength, brilliance, and wisdom, my grandfather Thomas D. Williams has passed.'
The clip was soundtracked by the Stevie Wonder song As, and she used a lyric in the caption: 'I’ll be loving you always ❤️.'
Finnie said elsewhere in the note, 'I know he is in heaven with Nana, watching over our family and continuing to guide us as he always has.'
The mourning granddaughter remembered her grandfather as 'a man of great intellect — an author, educator and keeper of historical facts.'
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Wendy Williams' father Thomas Williams has died at age 94; pictured in February 2023
Wendy and her son Kevin pictured celebrating her dad's birthday in Miami in February 2025
It was added, 'Papa poured into both family and community. I miss him tremendously. I’m a little lost for words right now, but I love you endlessly Papa. Give Nana a kiss for me ❤️.'
Wendy's dad's death
The 61-year-old media personality's niece Alex Finnie announced the sad news in an Instagram post on Sunday
Wendy's dad's death comes after her mom Shirley Williams passed away in 2020 at age 85
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Her care team revealed the diagnosis in February 2024, but Wendy fought back, denying the accuracy of the prognosis.
