Kevin Costner has paid tribute to late actor Dabney Coleman, who performed his character’s father on Yellowstone.
Coleman, greatest recognized for roles in 9 to five, Tootsie, Boardwalk Empire and extra died on Thursday afternoon, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, confirmed in a press release to ET. He was 92.
On Friday, Costner took to his Instagram story to share a tribute to his former co-star, who performed John Dutton Jr., the patriarch to Costner’s John Dutton III.
The actor shared screenshots of “one of the crucial heartwrenching scenes I have been part of,” referencing the season 2 episode of Yellowstone wherein his character flashed again to his father’s ultimate days.
“What an honor to have gotten to work with Dabney Coleman,” Costner continued. “Might he relaxation in peace.”
The emotional season 2 finale — titled “Sins of the Father” — ended up being Coleman’s ultimate on-screen position, which culminates in Costner’s character accepting Rip (Cole Hauser) as a son and sorting via his personal feelings about his father’s passing.
Following the information of his dying, Colemans daughter shared a press release with ET, writing, “My Father, Dabney Wharton Coleman, took his final earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely at 92 in his Santa Monica residence on Thursday Might 16, 2024, at 1:50pm.”
“My father crafted his time right here on earth with a curious thoughts, a beneficiant coronary heart, and a soul on fireplace with ardour, want and humor that tickled the humorous bone of humanity,” she continued. “As he lived, he moved via this ultimate act of his life with magnificence, excellence and mastery. A instructor, a hero, and a king, Dabney Coleman is a present and blessing in life and in dying as his spirit will shine via his work, his family members and his legacy…eternally survived by kids; Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy Coleman and grandchildren; Hale and Gabe Torrance, Luie Freundl, and Kai & Coleman Biancaniello.
Coleman’s agent, Jeffrey Goldberg, additionally wrote, “I’ll solely add that it has been an important privilege to have represented Dabney and to have been in a position to name him my good friend. He might be missed enormously.”
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