Jessel Taank introduced by way of social media that her father, Kishor Taank, died in February. He was 68.

“My Dad. My Hero. Our North Star ,” the “Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” star, 45, wrote on Instagram Friday alongside a carousel of images highlighting her father’s life.

She additionally shared cherished household reminiscences and revealed he lived from Might 1956 to February 2025.

“If lust for all times had been an individual, it might be my Dad,” Jessel added in a prolonged message featured within the slideshow. “His adventurous spirit was rooted in his beloved Kisumu, Kenya, the place he spun tales of his mischievous childhood – climbing banana timber, stirring up hassle. A real Tarzan. That was his essence.”

The Bravo star additionally remembered her father as “fiercely passionate,” “hot-headed” and “loyal to a fault.”

She additionally recalled his “love affair with navy blue,” including that it might “annoy” her, because it’s “the final word dad shade” and shared her late dad “collected Lacoste polo shirts,” which he’d save “for an important day.”

Jessel stated Kishor additionally “beloved speaking about cash — our, different folks’s,” as she recalled a humorous anecdote wherein her dad reprimanded her for her spending habits.

“At all times the finance man. He interrogated us about our spending habits. ‘It’s important to save your cash,’ he warned. ‘However that’s not enjoyable,’ I’d argue. ‘Being broke isn’t enjoyable,’ he’d counter. We by no means listened,” she stated.

Jessel identified, as effectively, that her “love for India and [her] tradition” was impressed by her father.

She concluded in her publish, “I’m so grateful you had been my dad. We’d select you each time.”

Jessel obtained lots of assist from her fellow “RHONY” co-stars, together with Sai De Silva, Jenna Lyons and Ubah Hassan, who wrote partially, “Jessel! My coronary heart aches for you and your loved ones.”

Erin Lichy — whose personal father, Eliahu Yitzhari, died final October — added within the feedback part of the publish, “My coronary heart is shattered for you.

“I nonetheless can’t wrap my head round it. What an exquisite husband and father. Right here for you each step of the best way love you a lot ”