Naomi Watts shares heartbreaking post about her late dad on Father’s Day after he died of a heroin overdose when she was seven years old

Naomi Watts has shared a heartbreaking post to her late dad Peter on Father’s Day.

The King Kong star, 55, posted a rare photo of her father, a dapper sound engineer and road manager with Pink Floyd, to Instagram on Sunday.

In the image, Peter had his long straight locks out as he relaxed on a bed and looked at the camera.

‘Happy heavenly father’s day ♥️ missing you,’ she captioned the image.

The actress’ father Peter tragically died of an apparent heroin overdose at the age of 31, when Naomi was seven years old.

Naomi told Marie Claire Australia in January, she will never get over the death of her famous dad.

‘The grief never goes away but playing [different roles in movies] you find news ways of understanding it,’ she said.

‘Still to this day as a 55-year-old woman I wish I’d witnessed what it was like to have a father to speak to at various times in my life.’

‘I wish that he’d been there to pat me on the back when I’ve had successful moments or complex moments that I’ve been troubled by.’

The King Kong star posted a rare photo of her dad, a dapper sound engineer and road manager with Pink Floyd, to Instagram and wrote: ‘Happy heavenly father’s day ♥️ missing you’

Peter and Naomi’s costume designer mother Myfanwy, known as Miv, divorced when she was four years old.

Naomi has previously told how Pink Floyd, who Peter worked for, gave Miv a few thousand pounds to ‘get things underway’ after his death, but they still struggled. 

It was not the first time she has spoken about her grief and previously told how she is still ‘grappling’ with the tragic loss many decades later as an adult.

Speaking to Vogue Australia in 2021, she said: ‘Having grown up losing my dad at a very early age, I think that’s a story I know well; it’s still sorting itself out at the ripe age of 52.’

The actress’ father Peter tragically died of an apparent heroin overdose at the age of 31, when Naomi was seven years old

‘Through that, you lose a part of yourself … you feel like you’re not fully formed in a way,’ she added.

Naomi’s mother Miv also previously spoke about the devastating loss to Daily Mail Australia, recalling: ‘It left scars. It was a shock.’

‘His death made Naomi incredibly determined. It had a profound effect on her, as it did on the entire family,’ she said.

‘It’s a terrible thing to happen to anyone, especially at that age when she needed her dad. We had no inkling he was using heroin at all.’

Naomi told Marie Claire Australia in January, she will never get over the death of her famous dad