“Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson has died on the age of 79.
A number of members of the family introduced the fact star’s loss of life on social media on Sunday, 5 months after they made public that he’d been recognized with Alzheimer’s illness.
The reason for loss of life is unknown.
The present that made Robertson’s identify ran on A&E for 11 seasons from 2012 to 2017. It adopted his household and their Louisiana searching and recreation enterprise, Duck Commander.
Robertson, although, generated an equal quantity of headlines for his anti-gay rhetoric. He was briefly suspended from the present after giving an interview to GQ journal wherein he described “gay conduct” as a sin.
Whereas endorsing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) within the 2016 presidential election, Robertson stated same-sex marriage is typical of the “depravity” taking up America.
“Re-defining marriage and telling us that marriage shouldn’t be between a person and a girl? C’mon, Iowa, it’s nonsense,” Robertson advised a marketing campaign rally for Cruz. “It’s evil! It’s depraved! It’s sinful.”
Robertson backed Trump within the 2020 and 2024 elections and appeared on stage with the then-president in 2019.
Cruz, who lower a marketing campaign advert with Robertson, led right-wing tributes to the persona, calling him “one among a form,” an “American authentic” and “fearless in talking the reality.”