{"id":263369,"date":"2025-10-31T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/263369\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:36:09","slug":"ryan-seacrests-father-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/263369\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Seacrest&#8217;s Father Dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ryan Seacrest<br \/>\n                          Dad Gary Dead at 81<br \/>\n                          &#8230; After Battle With Cancer<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published October 31, 2025 8:45 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251031_c8a6ad59d5c84f3082a90944d29b0876\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76a4fe7e-a0b1-42aa-9b95-5274ef7e4e10\" 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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c8a6ad59d5c84f3082a90944d29b0876_md.jpg\" alt=\"ryan seacrest dad insta 2\" 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\/ryan-seacrest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Seacrest<\/a> has announced heartbreaking news &#8230; his father, Gary Lee Seacrest, has died following a years-long battle with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Wheel of Fortune&#8221; host shared the news on Instagram Friday, telling fans his father &#8220;peacefully passed away earlier this week.&#8221; He said his family finds comfort knowing &#8220;he is in a better place and free of any pain or suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251031_886684e96dd846e9b54b2d18aa1b2334\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76a4fe7e-a0b1-42aa-9b95-5274ef7e4e10\" 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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/886684e96dd846e9b54b2d18aa1b2334_md.jpg\" alt=\"ryan seacrest dad caption insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrapped up his post &#8212; which featured a handful of family photos &#8212; by speaking directly to his late father, writing &#8230; &#8220;Dad you will live in our hearts forever. I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ryan shared on &#8220;On Air with Ryan Seacrest&#8221; that his dad had been privately battling prostate cancer for years &#8230; and that the treatment did not help one bit.<\/p>\n<p>RS recalled the ups and downs of his father&#8217;s cancer journey at the time, revealing he once learned during an episode of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; that his dad was in the ICU &#8230; and the &#8220;life or death conversation&#8221; with doctors that followed.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251031_6d86b2554ff44c9fba58799be0a99efd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76a4fe7e-a0b1-42aa-9b95-5274ef7e4e10\" 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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/6d86b2554ff44c9fba58799be0a99efd_md.jpg\" alt=\"ryan seacrest dad insta `\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gary was married to his wife, Marie Zullinger, for 55 years, who survives him, along with Ryan, daughter Meredith Seacrest, her husband Jimmy Leach, and their daughter Flora Leach.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Seacrest was 81.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Seacrest Dad Gary Dead at 81 &#8230; After Battle With Cancer Published October 31, 2025 8:45 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-263369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}