Kate Spade’s ‘heartbroken’ father dies night before her funeral

Earl F. Brosnahan Jr, left, reportedly died on Wednesday. He was 89. He is seen here pictured with his daughter, Eve Brosnahan Brisley.

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9 June 2018

Kate pictured far left as a young child with her family in the 1960s

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The late fashion designer’s dad died Wednesday night. The family’s spokesman released a statement on Thursday right before Spade’s funeral in the Brosnahan’s hometown of Kansas City was about to start. “The entire church gasped in astonishment,” Thelma Woods, who attended the ceremony, told the Kansas City Star.

Mourners arrive at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church for the funeral of designer Kate Spade Thursday, June 21, 2018.

GW: Funeral held on Summer Solstice.