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Kelsey Grammer breaks silence on 'Frasier' dad's death

By Karen Butler   |   Feb. 7, 2018 at 7:21 PM
Kelsey Grammer tweeted Wednesday about his co-star John Mahoney, who died earlier this week at the age of 77. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Kayte Grammer and Kelsey Grammer attend the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills on February 28, 2016. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Kelsey Grammer broke his silence Wednesday about the death of John Mahoney, the actor who played his dad on the sitcom Frasier for more than a decade.

"He was my father. I loved him," Grammer tweeted.

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The simple message captioned a photo of Mahoney with his arms wrapped affectionately around Grammer's neck in an embrace.

Mahoney died in hospice care Sunday in Chicago at the age of 77.