The actor clarified he is alive and well on Twitter after Julia's moving acceptance speech during the show.
Richard Dreyfuss would like his fans to know he's alive and well.
The 68-year-old actor apparently received a few condolences from mistaken fans who thought he was who Julia Louis-Dreyfus was referring to when she revealed the heartbreaking news at the end of her Emmy acceptance speech for Veep that her father died on Friday.
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"I'm actually not Julia Louis-Dreyfus' father," Dreyfuss wrote. "But I really appreciate all the concerned tweets."
Meanwhile, Louis-Dreyfus broke down while accepting her fifth straight Emmy for playing Selina Meyer on Veep when she dedicated her award to her father.
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“Lastly, I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday,” she shared. “I’m so glad that he liked Veep because his opinion was the one that really mattered. Thank you.”
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