Robert Urban, the father of Australian country music singer Keith Urban, died on Saturday night.

In a statement to People, Urban addressed his father’s death, saying:

“I’ve been deeply touched by the outpouring of love and support that Nic [Nicole Kidman] and I, and our family, have received since my Dad’s passing on Saturday night. His long battle with cancer is now over and he is finally at peace. My dad’s love of country music and America set me on my life’s journey, and shaped so much of who I am today.”

Last week, Urban revealed his father’s fragile condition as he toured his first exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The 48-year-old singer said his father had been placed in hospice care.

“He’s probably only got a few weeks, if that. I’ve just been dealing with that the last couple of days,” Urban told press. “This has all come at a very strange time where it’s typical of a career that has extreme highs and extreme lows all often at the exact same time. So [the exhibit] is bittersweet a little bit because [my dad] is the catalyst for all of this. My dad is the catalyst for me living in America.”

Just last year, Urban’s wife, Nicole Kidman, lost her father while he was visiting his other daughter and her family in Singapore.

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