Heartbreaking. Nia Vardalos recalled not being able to travel to Canada for her late father’s funeral due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.The My Big Fat Greek Wedding star, 57, could not go after her dad, Gus Vardalos, was hospitalized.
Therefore, she did not get to see him in person again or attend his funeral. “They held up the phone to him and I got to thank him for an incredible life and tell him he was a gentleman and he was a great dad,” she told Variety in an interview published on Friday, March 20. “My mom held his hand and said, ‘It’s OK for you to go.’”Gus died on March 12 at age 87.
A service was held at a church in Canada and livestreamed for those who could not make it. Nia expressed gratitude for the way things
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