Justin Bieber grandfather Bruce Dale dies at 80; pop star pays tribute

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Justin Bieber is remembering his paternal grandfather, Bruce Dale.

In a heartfelt Instagram caption posted April 26 honoring Dale, Bieber paid tribute to his beloved “Papa” with a throwback photo of the pair that appears to be from his debut “My World” musical era.

“I always took all ur money lol. I remember u specifically telling me, gramma gave u an allowance of 20 dollars for the WEEK! I would always convince you to spend on snacks at the hockey game on Friday nights. Reluctantly you always gave it to me.”

Dale is the dad of the “Purpose” singer’s mom Patti Mallette.

The pop star made headlines recently, from cryptic Instagram posts on imposter syndrome in March to recent confrontations with celebrity photographers and paparazzi. But the Canadian two-time Grammy winner, 31, is opening up about happier times with Dale in a note shared to his 295 million Instagram followers.

“Corn nuts, skittles, gum balls, chuck a puck, slush puppies,” he continued. “Shout out to the jr b referees Beatty, Fagon, Flanagan lmfao. For enduring all of my grandpa’s heckling for all of your horrible referee calls lmfao.”

Bieber added: I can’t 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.”

“I will miss u. I will ache. And I’ll sit and let myself remember all of the wonderful times we’ve had,” Bieber’s note concluded.

According to an online obituary, Dale died April 24 at 80 years old and “passed away peacefully” at the Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth in Stratford, Ontario.

News comes after Justin Bieber was no-show at Fashion LA Awards

The news comes after Bieber was a no-show when his wife, Rhode founder and model Hailey Bieber, was honored April 25 at The Daily Front Row’s 9th annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards with a Beauty Innovator of the Year Award for her skincare brand.

Although the “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” star was not in attendance, the 28-year-old still thanked him for “supporting this dream of mine from the beginning and for always cheering me on.” The Biebers share an eight-month-old son Jack Blues Bieber.

Earlier this month, Bieber’s beauty mogul wife revealed in an April 21 post on her Instagram story she’s suffering from a pair of ovarian cysts.

Contributing: Alyssa Goldberg, Edward Segarra, Pamela Avila

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