Just hours before her starring turn as Rizzo in Fox's Grease: Live Vanessa Hudgens announced on Twitter that her father passed away Saturday night after a battle with cancer.
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
Hudgens still planned to perform the show alongside contemporaries including Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit. She tweeted:
Tonight, I do the show in his honor.— Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) January 31, 2016
Hudgens' long-time friend from High School Musical days, Ashley Tisdale, tweeted (presumably in reference to Hudgens):
I am devastated. Just thinking of my girl and praying for her strength today.— AshleyTisdaleFrench (@ashleytisdale) January 31, 2016
Hudgens had revealed in August, while accepting an award at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards, that her father was battling stage four cancer.
Grease: Live aired Jan. 31 on Fox.