Robert “Bob” Ringwald, jazz musician and father of actress Molly Ringwald, died on Aug. 2 at the age of 80.Ringwald shared the news via Instagram on Saturday with a selection of photos.
No cause of death has been revealed.“It’s with a heavy heart that my family says goodbye to my father,” the Pretty in Pink star wrote. “I consider myself very lucky to have had in my life as long as I did.
Robert Scott Ringwald 1940-2021.”The elder Ringwald was born in Roseville, California, a small town close to Sacramento. Molly revealed in an obituary that her dad was legally blind as an infant and totally blind by the time he was an adolescent.Bob’s love of music began at an early age.
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