Kiri Pritchard-McLean Instagram – My amazing, loving, tough, funny Dad passed away just before midnight last night. It was just me there and I was holding his hand, by his bed exactly where I have been since Monday night. Anyone who knows me will know I haven’t just lost a superb Dad and a best pal, I’ve lost my biggest fan and champion. So many comedians know him because he’d come to gigs with me to hang out and watch. An Eighty year old Dad backstage at gigs is weird I know, but I adored hanging out and he loved the gigs so much. Nearly as much as he loved a t-shirt he didn’t pay for, braces and a fleece. I know the reason I feel so much pain now is because of how loved I was and how proud he was of me. He loved his family so much and I’m reminding myself not everyone is as lucky as me to have that or to get to say goodbye. It was a beautiful goodbye and the team in Castle Douglas have made me weep with their kindness and love for him. Lots of kind people have messaged me these last few days as they’ve sensed something was up. I know I haven’t replied to you and I’m sorry, you’re not alone but I also don’t know when I will want to talk and I know people need to know so that’s what this post is about. No need to message me, I know you love me and if you knew him you loved him too. Sorry I’ve been so absent, while I was next to him I haven’t known what to say or how to say it and if I used my hand to write a text I’d have to stop holding his and nothing was worth that. Sorry for all the photos of him. That might not stop for a while. I’m so so proud to be his daughter and all I want to do is show him off and celebrate him which I think he would have loved.