Actor Tim Allen publicly forgave the man who killed his father, citing the recently-widowed Erika Kirk forgiving her husband’s assassin.
The Home Improvement star declared his forgiveness in a social media post on Thursday.
“When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: ‘That man… that young man… I forgive him.’ That moment deeply affected me. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: ‘I forgive the man who killed my father.’ Peace be with you all,” he wrote.
Allen’s father, Gerald M. Dick, was killed on November 1964 when his car collided with a drunk driver. The actor was just 11.
During the recent memorial for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his widow, Erika, publicly forgave her