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The actor who plays Manny Delgado on the popular sitcom Modern Family is mourning his father in real life.

In a post on his Instagram account, Rico Rodriguez says the week since Roy Rodriguez died at age 52 “has been the toughest week of my life.”

The actor’s Instagram post included a picture of father and son drinking milkshakes together and said the father “was the most kind hearted, loving, hard working, determined, and funny man I have ever known.”

According to an obituary in Texas newspaper The Eagle, Roy is survived by his wife, five siblings and four children including 18-year-old Rico and Raini Rodriguez, who’s an actress.