Kate Spade鈥檚 father, Frank Brosnahan, dies day before daughter's funeral
His family said he 鈥渉ad been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter鈥�
His family said he 鈥渉ad been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter鈥�
His family said he 鈥渉ad been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter鈥�
Just two weeks after designer at 55, her father, Earl F. (Frank) Brosnahan, has died at 89, his family announced in a statement Thursday. were just about to start at the time of the announcement, the reported.
鈥淲e are deeply saddened to announce that Katy鈥檚 father, Earl F. Brosnahan, Jr. (Frank), passed away last night at age 89. He had been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter,鈥� the statement read. 鈥淗e was at home and surrounded by family at the time of his passing.鈥�
Brosnahan, who lived in Kansas City, Missouri, was a veteran of the U.S. Navy who took over his family鈥檚 construction business from his father. He and his wife, June Therese Mullen, were married in 1953 and had six children, including Kate, before divorcing in 1972. He remarried, and his wife, Sandy Palmer, was by his side when he died.
He told the he hoped some good would come out of conversations surrounding his daughter鈥檚 death. "One thing we feel is that any talk that they do that helps somebody else, Katy would have liked that," he said. "She was always giving and charitable. If that helped anybody avoid anything鈥攆ine, she'd be delighted."
Kate Spade New York Wednesday to donate $1 million to mental health awareness and suicide prevention charities.