Chris Cornell’s youngest daughter will never forget what an amazing man her father was.
Toni shared an emotional letter to the late Soundgarden and Audioslave singer, who committed suicide one month ago at the age of 52.
“Let me start by saying how much I love you and how much you mean to me. You are my idol, someone I’ve always looked up to. You were always there for me. You pushed me forward every day, and you still do,” she wrote on his Facebook page.
“Whenever I cry or feel like there’s no way I can go on, I hear your voice, ‘Don’t sit worrying peanut. Worry is a waste of time, I’m ok.’ I always took what you said to heart. Probably because everything you said was so smart.”
Toni described what a fantastic father Chris was to her, and said that he would always put his family first, no matter how hard he had been working.
“Every time you came home from tour you spent all your hours with us. No matter how tired you were, how many time zones you traveled, you were there for us,” she wrote. Whenever I was sick you would take care of me. You would cuddle with me, hug me, kiss me.
“You didn’t care about getting sick. You would stay up all night to make sure my fever went down. And if it didn’t, you would wake me up and give me my medicine. I would open my eyes, see you, and feel better.”
Gone too soon: Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni penned a moving letter to the late singer |Â Instagram
Toni also recalled the time that Chris introduced her to the movie Purple Rain, which she “feel in love” with, and revealed that they often bonded over their shared love of the arts.
The preteen ended her letter by writing, “I know you are still here, and the warmth I feel beneath the cold, is you. YOU ARE THE BEST FATHER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. And I know, that if this wasn’t an accident, you’d still be cuddling with me watching ‘Purple Rain’.
“I love you and miss you so, Daddy. You deserve your own day to be celebrated because you are the best dad anyone could ever have. Happy Father’s Day!”
