"“To have all these stories be told to me and sent to me for just a few weeks, kind of an outpouring was incredible. You know, your dad is one thing to you and then to all these other people he was something else. I think sport is really amazing in these moments, football was incredible and comforting. As a family we took a lot of comfort from that.”"
"“I was so proud of him, and to hear what kind of person he was when you weren't looking, its not about the show, it's what does somebody do quietly that nobody knows about.”"
"“I was in tears reading it to him and he died that night. I'd sat and had that really incredible conversation with him, read him that email. I thought kind of in the aftermath, what a privilege to be able to do that for him. To give him that confidence, that you know this is what people are going to say about you.”"
"“I said to him, 'I know I'm going to get more like this', and sure enough they flooded in.”"
Gabby Logan spoke about grief after the death of her father, Terry Yorath, in January 2026 following a short illness. She described losing a parent as discombobulating, while fan stories and messages were comforting. She said sport, especially football, provided reassurance for her family. Logan recalled a final conversation with Yorath that included discussing funeral plans and music, followed by reading a heartfelt email from a fan that made them both cry. She said she felt privileged to give him confidence about what people would say and that more messages arrived afterward. She also mentioned a personal disappointment about her first studio game, which she had expected to be different matchups.
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