RIP Matt and Jeff's Father

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Matt and Jeff Hardy father’s Claude Gilbert Hardy has passed away. He was 87 years old.

An obituary from the Sanford Herald, dated April 8th, noted that Herald is survived by, “his sons, Matt Hardy (& Rebecca) of Cameron and Jeff Hardy (& Elizabeth) of Cameron; and five grandchildren.”

It is noted that Gilbert Hardy passed away on April 6th. No cause of death was mentioned in the obituary. Funeral services are today.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Their mother died while they were still children, if I remember correctly, so dad basically raised them on his own. Made of strong stuff, hopefully he’s at peace now.

(For what it’s worth, this is why Jeff wasn’t booked in the Andre, he was at the family home with their dad)

[kimrey]

Their dad has been really sick for a while now. I saw Matt a lot a couple years ago at shows and he told me some stuff about his dad’s health and made it seem like he didn’t have much time left back then. I’m glad they got more time than they originally thought. It’s never easy though.

Editing this because I just read Matt’s Instagram post.  He passed away on Tuesday last week and Matt still went down to Jacksonville and did Dynamite, the Thursday taping, and the Friday house show.  Respect to him, that couldn’t have been easy.  

[Mozenrath]

Apr 11, 2021 18:57:20 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Their mother died while they were still children, if I remember correctly, so dad basically raised them on his own. Made of strong stuff, hopefully he’s at peace now.

(For what it’s worth, this is why Jeff wasn’t booked in the Andre, he was at the family home with their dad)

Yeah, he mentioned they lost their mom in 1987. Their dad has been their rock for more than 30 years, which could not have been easy.

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Apr 11, 2021 18:57:20 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Their mother died while they were still children, if I remember correctly, so dad basically raised them on his own. Made of strong stuff, hopefully he’s at peace now.

(For what it’s worth, this is why Jeff wasn’t booked in the Andre, he was at the family home with their dad)

Jeff hasn't been around for what feels like weeks, this might be why.

[Chainsaw]

Aw man, that's terrible. RIP Papa Hardy.