Current:Home > MarketsTreat Williams’ Daughter Pens Gut-Wrenching Tribute to Everwood Actor One Month After His Death -Excel Wealth Summit
Treat Williams’ Daughter Pens Gut-Wrenching Tribute to Everwood Actor One Month After His Death
View
Date:2025-04-13 06:10:43
Ellie Williams is sharing an update on her grief journey.
The 24-year-old penned a heartbreaking tribute to her dad Treat Williams, one month after the Everwood actor died in a motorcycle accident at age 71.
"I have never experienced this kind of grief before, so it's hard to put my thoughts into words, but I'll try my best for now," Ellie wrote on Instagram July 12. "I have been home with my family in Vermont for a month now, but it feels like just yesterday that I frantically got on a plane home after I got that phone call."
"It feels like he's just away filming," added Ellie, touching on her father's decades-long career. "However, I keep forgetting that he's not coming home this time."
Ellie then gave a nod to the special bond her and the Chesapeake Shores actor had.
"This love is a once-in-a-lifetime love," she continued. "A father's incomprehensible love for his daughter, and a daughter's boundless love and complete admiration for her father."
Ellie then sent a message directly to her late father.
"Dad, I love you more than words could ever describe," she wrote. "You have given me the best life imaginable, and I could not have ever dreamed of having a better father. Thank you for loving me completely. I know you will walk with me by my side for eternity."
"Until we find each other in the next life," she concluded, signing off with her nickname, "Ellie Belly."
Ellie also took to her Instagram Stories to share throwback photos of Treat from his early days of acting. She captioned a candid black and white shot of him, "My King," and a picture of her shaving his face as a child, "I miss you dad."
Meanwhile, Ellie isn't the only family member to recently reflect back on the life of Treat, as his wife honored her husband last month, on what would have been their 35th wedding anniversary.
"Happy anniversary honey," Pam Van Sant wrote on June 25 over an image of Treat hugging her on their wedding day. "35 years."
Treat passed away on June 12 following a motorcycle accident near his home in Dorset, Vermont, with his family confirming the news shortly after.
"As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time," they shared in a statement obtained by NBC News. "Treat was full of love for his family, for his life and for his craft, and was truly at the top of his game in all of it. It is all so shocking right now, but please know that Treat was dearly and deeply loved and respected by his family and everyone who knew him."
veryGood! (23115)
Related
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Watchdogs ask judge to remove from Utah ballots a measure that would boost lawmakers’ power
- Dolphins All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey gets 3-year extension worth $24.1 million per year, AP source says
- Saying goodbye to 'Power Book II': How it went from spinoff to 'legendary' status
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Ralph Lauren takes the Hamptons for chic fashion show with Jill Biden, H.E.R., Usher, more
- Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige fights to get her sport included in 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics
- 15-year-old detained in Georgia for threats about 'finishing the job' after school shooting
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Here’s What Leah Remini and Angelo Pagán Are Seeking in Their Divorce
Ranking
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google’s illegal search monopoly
- Michael Keaton recalls his favorite 'Beetlejuice' scenes ahead of new movie
- Students, here are top savings hacks as you head back to campus
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Police say the gunman killed in Munich had fired at the Israeli Consulate
- Stassi Schroeder Shares 3-Year-Old Daughter's Heartbreaking Reaction to Her Self-Harm Scars
- Nebraska is evolving with immigration spurring growth in many rural counties
Recommendation
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
August jobs report: Economy added disappointing 142,000 jobs as unemployment fell to 4.2%
Stassi Schroeder Shares 3-Year-Old Daughter's Heartbreaking Reaction to Her Self-Harm Scars
Kane Brown to Receive Country Champion Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards
Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
Phoenix police officer dies after being shot earlier in the week, suspect arrested after shooting
Dolphins, Jalen Ramsey agree to record three-year, $72.3 million extension
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware’s state primaries