Actor Fred Willard in Los Angeles in 2017. - Chris Pizzello / AP / SIPA

Sad news for Modern Family fans  ! The actor Fred Willard, who camped Frank, the father of Phil Dunphy in the sitcom, died at the age of 86 years this Friday.

“My father died very peacefully last night at the extraordinary age of 86. Until his last days he kept himself busy, he worked and he made us terribly happy people, we loved him so much! "Said her daughter Hope to People magazine .

In the cinema, he appeared in Austin Powers and American Pie . Fred Willard has acted in many series such as Lois and Clark , Castle and Everyone loves Raymond. The actor was named to the Emmy Awards for his performance in Modern Family . Franck Dunphy, his character, died in season 11 of the show.

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Fred Willard. You will always be a true original. Thank you for years of laughs & brilliant characters. To say we were honored to have you as a part of Modern Family would be the understatement of the year. Rest In Peace sweet Fred.

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"Fred Willard. You will always be a true original. Thank you for these years of laughter and these brilliant characters. To say that we were honored to have you as a member of the Modern Family would be the understatement of the year. Rest in peace, my dear Fred ”, paid tribute on Instagram, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the interpreter of Mitchell Pritchett in the sitcom of ABC.

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