"💕 You were so loved everyone fell in love with you. You were always the life of the party 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 RIP 4-3-20," Teresa wrote.
"il miglior padre del mondo 💕 you were a fighter until the last breath," Teresa captioned photo of her posing next to her late father Nonno.
Teresa then shared some photos of her dad with the caption, "This is the first night in my life I’ve gone to bed without knowing my papa would be there for me in the morning. My heart has broken into a million pieces but I know you’re finding mommy right now....I love you both so much," she wrote.
In another photo, she simply captioned "Legend 💎" of a photo of her father smoking a cigar.
In another photo, the mother-of-cour captioned, "Always the Life of the party 🥃❤️" The photo includes Nonno smoking a cigar while holding a bottle.
"Yesterday with the rain the skies cried 😢with me for you leaving...today you made the sun shine ☀️to let me know you arrived & found mommy💞. I know how you loved your Blue so today I raise a glass to you! 🥃🥃 Salute to you PaPa ❤️🙏🏼," she wrote in a photo where she and her four daughters are celebrating Nonno's birthday.
Teresa then shared some throwback photos of her with her father, including her celebrating her 17th birthday.
Teresa then shared some photos of her dad with the caption, "This is the first night in my life I’ve gone to bed without knowing my papa would be there for me in the morning. My heart has broken into a million pieces but I know you’re finding mommy right now....I love you both so much," she wrote.
In another photo, she simply captioned "Legend 💎" of a photo of her father smoking a cigar.
In another photo, the mother-of-cour captioned, "Always the Life of the party 🥃❤️" The photo includes Nonno smoking a cigar while holding a bottle.
"Yesterday with the rain the skies cried 😢with me for you leaving...today you made the sun shine ☀️to let me know you arrived & found mommy💞. I know how you loved your Blue so today I raise a glass to you! 🥃🥃 Salute to you PaPa ❤️🙏🏼," she wrote in a photo where she and her four daughters are celebrating Nonno's birthday.
Teresa then shared some throwback photos of her with her father, including her celebrating her 17th birthday.
As for Joey Gorga, he shared an old RHONJ clip where it features the late Nonna getting emotional as he is remembering his late wife, Antonia, with the caption, "I miss you ❤️."
Joe then shared a photo of him with his father, writing, "I am bawling my eyes out right now, looking at these pictures. Crying makes me feel better. I can’t believe how much I miss you. 🙏"
The mother-of-four confirmed on Friday, April 3, that her father, known to his grandchildren and Bravo fans as Nonno, died at the age of 76. “My father, my protector, my hero, God took you early this morning to be with mommy, I saw you peacefully pass & I know you kept fighting for my daughters and I. You are the absolute strongest man I know & I know you missed mommy so much but you stayed for us,” Giudice, 47, wrote via Instagram.
“Thank you for being the best husband, father & Nonno,” she continued. “Your devotion to mommy was one for the record books, you were the true example and a gentleman and devoted husband. You visited mommy every single day & would go twice for the days you missed while traveling or if you were to sick to go, my silver lining is knowing you’ll be together now. Thank you for showing us all what true love is. Love you Papa Rest In Peace.”
Joe, for his part, wrote that he is in disbelief that his father has passed. “I can’t believe he is gone💔 The world lost an amazing man human being today,” he penned. “He was exactly what a true father and husband should be. I will miss you more than you know, But go find your wife because I know that’s all you want and all you’ve ever talked about for the past 3 years. You will be missed every single day.”
It is unclear what caused Gorga’s death, but a rep for Giudice told Page Six on Friday that “he had been sick for a while. It’s so sad.”
In a statement to PEOPLE, Teresa’s attorney James J. Leonard said, “Everyone is devastated. He was such a kind-hearted and loving man. He will be greatly missed by all of those who were fortunate to know him, but especially his children and grandchildren who absolutely adored him.”
Teresa lost her mom Antonia Gorga in March 2017 at the age of 66 following a battle with pneumonia. Following Antonia’s death, Giacinto began living with Teresa and her daughters. Giacinto had seven grandchildren total — Teresa’s four daughters Gia, 19, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11, and Joe and Melissa’s daughter Antonia, 14, and sons Gino, 12, and Joey, 9.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Teresa and Joe's families during this difficult time.
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