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Paula Abdul’s Father Harry Abdul Dead At 85

By Corey Atad.

Paula Abdul and father, Harry. Photo: Chris Polk/FilmMagic

Paula Abdul is facing another sad loss in her family.

The singer’s father, Harry Abdul has died at 85, after years fighting Alzheimer’s disease, Us Weekly reported.

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Abdul confirmed the sad news in a post on Twitter, remembering him as a man with “a heart of gold.”

Harry’s passing comes a little more than a year after Abdul’s mother Lorraine Abdul died at the age of 85 in January 2018.

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At the time, Abdul tweeted about a memory of visiting Israel with her mother.

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