NBC News is reporting Kate Spade's father, Earl F. Brosnahan, Jr., has died Thursday at the age 89, a day before his daughter's funeral.
Family members shared the news, according to a tweet.
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JUST IN: Kate Spade's father, Earl F. Brosnahan, Jr., has died at age 89, family says; Spade's funeral is being held today.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2018
The family released a statement Thursday saying Earl Brosnahan, Jr. died Wednesday night at his home in Kansas City, Missouri. The family says he had been in failing health.
The statement says he was "heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter."
The statement was released as a funeral began for his daughter Thursday afternoon at church in Kansas City, her hometown. Kate Spade was found dead by suicide in her New York City home on June 5.
She was 55 and had a 13-year-old daughter. Her husband, Andy Spade, says she had depression and anxiety for many years.