Transformers actress Sophia Myles’ dad Peter dies of coronavirus as she shares heartbreaking last snap of herself at his hospital bedside
Sophia Myles’ dad has died of coronavirus.
The transformers actress, 40, took to Twitter on Saturday to share the sad news, hours after she shared a final heartbreaking snap of herself at the hospital visiting her father.
She tweeted: ‘RIP Peter Myles. My dear Dad died only a few hours ago. It was the Corona Virus that finally took him.’
Devastating: Sophia Myles’ dad has died of coronavirus
Just hours earlier, Sophia had posted a photograph of herself at her father’s hospital bedside, while he struggled to breath on a ventilator.
She captioned the moving image: ‘Yesterday I went on a journey to see my father. This is the harsh reality of the Coronavirus.’
The actress revealed on Saturday morning on Twitter that she has taken a news crew from CBS with her when she visited him in hospital on Friday.
She also announced that the footage taken would be shown on Monday.
The actress has starred in Doctor Who, Spooks, Moonlight, and the Hollywood blockbuster Underworld.
Most recently she played Rebecca Bishop in fantasy romance drama A Discovery of Witches on Sky, A=adapted from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy.
Sophia is a doting mother-of-one to son Luke, 5.
