{"id":468523,"date":"2026-02-09T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/468523\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:09:11","slug":"wendy-williams-dad-dead-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/468523\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Williams&#8217; Dad Dead at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Wendy Williams<br \/>\n                          Dad Dead at 94<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              February 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:48 PM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260209_bc983d6e1e6d43b88cfa431d88d56933\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1353cd13-ec74-4b59-8bd6-b7afcb90eb49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bc983d6e1e6d43b88cfa431d88d56933_md.jpg\" alt=\"wendy-williams-thomas-williams-main-getty-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/wendy-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wendy Williams<\/a>\u2019 father, Thomas Williams Sr., has died \u2026 a deeply emotional loss that comes as Wendy continues her ongoing legal fight over her court ordered guardianship.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy\u2019s niece, Alex Finnie confirmed Thomas\u2019 passing Sunday on social media, sharing a tribute honoring his life and legacy. He died just days before his 95th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260209_b5c818d84cba4ac4a5a7545220aac34c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1353cd13-ec74-4b59-8bd6-b7afcb90eb49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b5c818d84cba4ac4a5a7545220aac34c_md.jpg\" alt=\"wendy-williams-thomas-williams-shirley-williams-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>No cause of death has been released.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thomas was a longtime educator and author and was often seen as a steady, grounding presence in Wendy\u2019s life. He appeared alongside his daughter during happier public moments, including family celebrations in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of his death is especially painful. As we reported, Wendy\u2019s repeatedly spoken out about feeling isolated under her guardianship, claiming she needed permission to travel and see family including her dad.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260209_531d359560584dd2bed36288b3f5c161\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1353cd13-ec74-4b59-8bd6-b7afcb90eb49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/531d359560584dd2bed36288b3f5c161_md.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-williams-shirley-williams-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Wendy publicly questioned whether she would even be allowed to attend her dad\u2019s birthday, raising concern among fans about how much access she had to loved ones during his final months.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy has not publicly commented on her father\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Williams Sr.\u2019s passing marks another heartbreaking chapter in Wendy\u2019s very public personal and legal struggles.<\/p>\n<p>He was 94.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wendy Williams Dad Dead at 94 Published February 8, 2026 5:48 PM PST Wendy Williams\u2019 father, Thomas Williams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-468523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}