Vanessa Hudgens announces father's death; will perform 'Grease: Live' in his honor

Just hours before her starring turn as Rizzo in Fox's Grease: Live Vanessa Hudgens announced on Twitter that her father passed away Saturday night after a battle with cancer

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Hudgens still plans to perform the show tonight alongside contemporaries including Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit. She tweeted:

Hudgens' long-time friend from High School Musical days, Ashley Tisdale, tweeted (presumably in reference to Hudgens):

Hudgens had revealed in August, while accepting an award at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards, that her father was battling stage four cancer Read more...

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