Nicole Kidman ‘in shock’ as father killed in Singapore

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman’s family was reportedly in ‘total shock’ after his father collapsed in Singapore and died.

17:29 12 September 2014

Dr Anthony Kidman, Nicole Kidman’s beloved father, has collapsed in a Singapore hotel and died. Nicole’s publicist told Daily Mail Australia that the “family is in shock and is grieving.”

Dr Kidman was in Singapore to visit his daughter, Antonia, and his grandchildren.

Dr Kidman was a clinical psychologist at Royal North Shore Hospital and a director of health psychology at the University of Technology Sydney. 

UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Attila Brungs said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness that we learn of Dr Tony Kidman's sudden passing. During his 43 years at the University of Technology, Sydney, Tony has contributed greatly – as a colleague, as a researcher, and as a health practitioner.

'Tony will be missed by all at UTS. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.'

Meanwhile, a police spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that they consider the death as “unnatural.” 

Nicole has previously described her father as a great man. In an interview, she said: 'He's a great father, I can call him at three in the morning and he's there for me.

'By the time I was a teenager, I had developed skills as a writer, and my father encouraged me to think about a career in journalism.'

'I began keeping a diary, which I maintain to this day. I used to fill whole notebooks with my writings.'

'My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it.'