Entertainment TV Vanessa Hudgens Shares Heartbreaking Note One Week After Her Father's Death "If only," the Grease: Live star wrote of being reunited with her dad By Lindsay Kimble Lindsay Kimble Lindsay Kimble is a Senior Digital News Editor and the Sports Editor for PEOPLE Digital. She's worked at PEOPLE for over seven years as a writer, reporter and editor across our Entertainment, Lifestyle and News teams, covering everything from the Super Bowl to the Met Gala. She's been nominated for the ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30, and previously wrote for Us Weekly while on staff at Wenner Media. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 7, 2016 10:35 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Gary Gershoff/WireImage Vanessa Hudgens is dreaming of a way to see her father again just a week after she lost him to cancer. Hudgens’ father, Greg Hudgens, died last Saturday, one day before Hudgens was sat to perform in Fox’s Grease: Live. Powering through the loss, the actress stole the show and earned rave reviews from fans and stars, alike. This Saturday, Hudgens shared a quote to Instagram that read, simply, “I wish heaven had visiting hours.” Alongside the photo, the 27-year-old wrote, “If only…” VIDEO: Vanessa Hudgens Thanks Fans for Support After Grease: Live and Father Greg’s Death Hudgens initially revealed her father’s diagnosis last summer, telling fans at an event that he had stage-four cancer. The High School Musical star and her sister Stella visited a cemetery together in Burbank, California, on Tuesday. Stella, 20, championed her older sister’s performance in Grease: Live, writing after the show, “So so proud of Vanessa. You shine so bright. I know daddy is smiling down on you.”