Paul and Mira Sorvino in 2007.Photo: Nancy Ostertag/Getty
Mira Sorvinois taking time to honor the legacy of her late father, actorPaul Sorvino.
On Tuesday, theMighty Aphroditeactress, 54, thanked legendary New York City restaurant Sardi’s for hosting her family as they paid tribute to Paul,who died July 25 at the age of 83from natural causes.
“Thank you so much@SardisNYCfor the perfect memorial repast you hosted for Dad. We literally felt him in the room-not only as all his descendants sat below his caricature-but because we had spent so many happy hours w/him in one of his favorite restaurants! Tears & joy shared!” Mira captioneda post on Twitter, alongside photos of the gathering.
Members of her family, including her actor brotherMichael Sorvino, sit together in one of the restaurant’s famous red banquettes, underneath the patriarch’s caricature.
In hisretweet of her post, Michael, 44, wrote, “Father Salvo truly did: enlightening, hopeful, supportive, reverent—such an immensely emotional day was no doubt filled with many a heavy heart; but being in that grandest of grand American cathedrals,@StPatsNYC, was transcendentally spiritual, and his & Mira’s words lifting!🙏”
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Earlier this month, theOscar-winning actress posted in a series of tweets that she was still mourning her father after his death.
“I miss you Dad!!!” Mira wrote ina first tweet. She continuedin another post, “I have been dreading the death of my parents my whole life. Now in part it has come to pass.”
“I have huge compassion for all who have lost parents,” Mira saidin another tweet. “It leaves you unmoored, thrusts you into a position you were unprepared for, without the counsel and love of those you valued most … "
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“Our hearts are broken. There will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,” Dee Dee said in the release.
Sheadded on Twitter, “I am completely devastated. The love of my life & the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken ❤️❤️❤️.”
source: people.com
