London
(ANI):
Underworld
star
Kate
Beckinsale
has
revealed
how
tragically
her
father,
Richard,
died
in
his
sleep
at
their
Berkshire
home,
while
her
mother,
Judy,
was
undergoing
surgery
to
have
more
kids.
Kate
recalled
that
she
was
just
five
when
the
Porridge
star
died
in
1979,
aged
just
31.
"I
used
to
pester
my
mother
to
have
another
baby
when
my
father
was
still
alive.
She
ended
up
having
an
eight-hour
operation
to
unblock
her
tubes
and
things
like
that," the
Daily
Express
quoted
the
actress
as
saying.
"The
operation
was
a
success
but
my
father
died
while
she
was
having
it,
so
it
was
really
ironic,
terrible
timing,"
she
revealed.
Kate
has
an
older
half-sister,
fellow
actress
Samantha,
from
her
father's
first
marriage
to
Margaret
Bradley.