Nicole Kidman and her family are in mourning following the sudden and tragic death of her father.
Dr. Antony Kidman died following a fall in his hotel room in Singapore, where he was visiting the actress's sister, Antonia, her husband Craig Marran and his six grandchildren.
Nicole and her father Antony pictured at the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2002
The actress's publicist and long-time friend of the Kidmans, Wendy Day, told Daily Mail Australia that the 'family is in shock and is grieving' and is yet to make any statement regarding his death.
"The family is in shock and is grieving they would appreciate that you respect their privacy at this stage," she said.
"I think that some time and privacy is needed to deal with this shock and tragedy."
She also confirmed that Dr Kidman - who was a clinical psychologist and director at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital's health psychology unit - suffered a fall in his hotel room, but that was all the information she had at the present time.
Singapore police said that a man in his 80s was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital at 10am local time and was pronounced dead a short time later, Channel News Asia reported.
Dr. Antony Kidman
The 'Moulin Rouge' star was extremely close to her father, who she described as a 'great man', and once revealed he encouraged her to become a journalist because she was 'too tall' to be an actress.
"He's a great father, I can call him at three in the morning and he's there for me," she said.
"By the time I was a teenager, I had developed skills as a writer, and my father encouraged me to think about a career in journalism.
"I began keeping a diary, which I maintain to this day. I used to fill whole notebooks with my writings.
"My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it.
"They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead."
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Antony was a proud father of the bride in June 2006, when he accompanied Nicole to her wedding to Keith Urban in Sydney
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With her parents Antony and Janelle Kidman at the Golden Globe Awards soon after her divorce from Tom Cruise
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Another Golden Globes, another day out with proud dad
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FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, actress and jury member Nicole Kidman wears an embroidered L'Wren Scott dress for the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, file)
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FILE - In a Sunday Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, actress Nicole Kidman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles wearing a gown by Lwren scott. L'wren Scott launches the limited-edition Banana Republic LWren Scott Collection Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, and Scott says it will wrap her signature flattering construction and extraordinary fabrics into a package that will cost less than $200. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)
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Australian actress Nicole Kidman poses as she arrives for the Opening Ceremony and the screening of her film 'Grace of Monaco' at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 13: Actress Nicole Kidman attends the Celebrate Life Ball at Grand Hyatt Melbourne on June 13, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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Nicole Kidman with fellow famous Cannes Film Festival Juror Ang Lee walked the red carpet in a stunning gown for the premiere of the movie "Nebraska". Laura Dern was there to support her father Bruce Dern at the premiere and news conference
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