{"id":4170,"date":"2025-04-26T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:22:10","slug":"justin-bieber-left-aching-as-he-announces-death-of-grandad-aged-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/justin-bieber-left-aching-as-he-announces-death-of-grandad-aged-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber left \u2018aching\u2019 as he announces death of grandad\u00a0aged 80"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Justin Bieber announces the death of his grandad Bruce Dale age 80 (Picture:: instagram\/getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Justin Bieber<\/a> has been dealt a huge blow as he pays tribute to his grandad Bruce Dale, who died aged 80.<\/p>\n

The Love Yourself hitmaker, 31, said he will ‘ache’ for his maternal grandad, who died on Thursday, April 23, in Stratford, Ontario.<\/p>\n

According to an obituary seen by The Independent, Dale died in the Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth ‘peacefully’.<\/p>\n

Penning an emotional farewell, Justin posted a picture of his younger self holding Dale’s face on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the caption, he shared memories with his ‘Papa’, hinting at the playful dynamic the pair had.<\/p>\n

Justin wrote: ‘Papa , I always took all ur money lol. I remember u specifically telling me, gramma gave u an allowance of 20 dollars for the WEEK!<\/p>\n

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Justin shared cute memories of his grandad (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I would always convince you to spend on snacks at the hockey game on Friday nights. Reluctantly you always gave it to me.<\/p>\n

‘Corn nuts, skittles, gum balls, chuck a puck, slush puppies. <\/p>\n

‘Shout out to the jr b referees Beatty, Fagon, Flanagan lmfaoFor enduring all of my grandpas heckling for all of your horrible referee calls lmfao , my grandpa wasn\u2019t shy in letting them know that they were being pieces of s**ts.’<\/p>\n

Away from the teasing Justin added: ‘I can\u2019t wait to see u again soon in heaven . Until then I know ur watching down probly still heckling Beatty or Fagon for missing that cross-check call in the corner there lmfao.’<\/p>\n

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He said he would ‘miss’ his granddad and ‘will ache’ for the loss, concluding: ‘And I\u2019ll sit and let myself remember all of the wonderful times we\u2019ve had.’<\/p>\n

On his story he also shared a home video of him as a toddler running into his grandad’s arms.<\/p>\n

Justin’s wife Hailey also marked his passing by sharing Justin’s post to her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

She wrote ‘love you grandpa Bruce’ alongside it and emblazoned her post with two dove emojis, and a set of angel wings.<\/p>\n

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