Kym Marsh has stated her late father David ‘would wish to be right here’ along with her as she attended the Royal Tv Society Programme Awards on Tuesday.
The previous Coronation Street star, 47, was very shut along with her father who died aged 78 in January following a battle with prostate cancer.
Talking to MailOnline forward of the ceremony, Kym advised how she hoped to do her father ‘proud’ on the occasion the place Waterloo Street was Nominated for Cleaning soap and Persevering with Drama the place she performs Nicky Walters.
She stated: ‘My dad would wish to be right here proper now. He would wish to be right here. He would simply love this. He was at all times very very involved in my profession, very involved in what I used to be doing.
‘And he would simply need me to proceed what I’ve been doing this entire time. So hopefully I’ll make him proud and possibly we’ll take the award house as we speak. You by no means know.’
Kym Marsh has stated her late father David ‘would wish to be right here’ along with her as she attended the Royal Tv Society Programme Awards on Tuesday
The previous Coronation Road star, 47, was very shut along with her father who died aged 78 in January following a battle with prostate most cancers
After her father’s passing, Kym shared a snap of the pair collectively on social media and penned a heartfelt tribute.
She wrote: ‘For the primary time in my life….I’ve no phrases. I really like you dad. At all times and endlessly. Relaxation simple Pops. Goodnight godbless.’
His dying was confirmed in a press release to the PA information company which stated: ‘It’s with immense unhappiness that we affirm the passing of David Marsh.
‘A a lot beloved husband, dad, grandad, nice grandad and pal to many, David handed away peacefully at house yesterday surrounded by his household.
‘We’re really heartbroken and ask for privateness at this extremely tough time.’
David Marsh was identified with incurable prostate most cancers three years in the past, and Kym beforehand said he ‘inspires’ her on a daily basis.
Final Father’s Day, she posted a heartfelt tribute to him on Instagram, writing: ‘Your power in life has at all times been immeasurable.
‘You deal with all the pieces life throws at you with a smile in your face and at all times a joke at hand.
Talking to MailOnline forward of the ceremony, Kym advised how she hoped to do her father ‘proud’ on the occasion the place Waterloo Street was Nominated for Cleaning soap and Persevering with Drama the place she performs Nicky Walters
Kym joined the forged of Wateroo Street as Nicky in 2023
‘You’re the greatest dad anybody may want for and I’m so glad you’re mine. Right here’s to you poppa bear! At all times your shadow. Love you at all times and endlessly.’
David made an look on BBC’s Morning Dwell, which Kym co-hosts, in November the place he mentioned living with prostate cancer.
‘It’s every day,’ he advised host Gethin Jones. ‘Sooner or later I’m alright and the subsequent I’m dangerous, you realize? That’s the way in which it’s now.’
Kym stated: ‘It truly is daily, you don’t know. We plan for issues and we try to plan and make as many recollections aren’t we?’
The star stated coping along with her father’s sickness had introduced her and her siblings nearer including: ‘I’ve bought two older brothers and an older sister. Very uncommon that all of us get collectively however we’ve all been doing heaps collectively.’
Kym wrote in tribute to her father: ‘For the primary time in my life….I’ve no phrases. I really like you dad. At all times and endlessly. Relaxation simple Pops. Goodnight godbless’
On Christmas Eve, Kym shared a photograph of her father and mom Pauline taken on their wedding ceremony day, saying she wished to dedicate the festive season to them.
She wrote: ‘Thanks each for giving us the very best Christmas’s ever. For all of the enjoyable and laughter! For all the enjoyment and love! For queuing endlessly for our favorite toys.
‘For by no means making us really feel like your Christmas was a wrestle, which now we all know it was. Thanks for loving us, for bringing us a lot happiness and for being the very best mother and father we may ever have wished for.
‘So this Christmas I toast you!!!!! My wonderful mum and pa!! Merry Christmas! I really like you greater than you’ll ever know.’
