Dancing With The Stars’ Johnny Ward reveals his dad has died from cancer

Absolutely heartbreaking.

Johnny Ward has revealed that his dad has died from cancer. The Dancing With The Stars contestant said that his father is now "pain free" in a emotional post. The Coppers The Musical star took to Twitter to say: "Thank you all for your supportive messages regarding my father at this very difficult time. "He is now Pain free. Thank you Dad for being the kindest ,most supportive, incredible father anyone could ever ask for."

Thank you all for your supportive messages regarding my father at this very difficult time. He is now Pain free. Thank you Dad for being the kindest ,most supportive, incredible father anyone could ever ask for.

"They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind". Xxxx pic.twitter.com/oPswU9NRxK — Johnny Ward (@JohnnyWard7) March 2, 2019

He ended with the quote: "'They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind'." Johnny recently said that he felt guilty for taking part in the dance competition while his dad was so sick. He told Dublin Live in February: "Some days you just don’t want to go in and you don’t want to rehearse but he is like, 'Please do it', and he looks forward to it so much, but God love him, he is not well enough to come in and see the shows. "You want to be around but for him to turn around and say, 'Go in and do it for me', it gives me more inspiration to go into it."