Keith Urban is mourning the loss of his beloved father Robert Urban .<br />Less than week after telling fans that his dad was in hospice care, the American Idol host began to remember his dad for all of his influence.<br />"I've been deeply touched by the outpouring of love and support that Nic and I, and our family, have received since my Dad's passing on Saturday night," Urban said in a statement to E!<br />While anytime is a difficult time to lose a parent, Robert's death comes after his son visited an exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in his honor.<br />"This has all come at a very strange time where it's typical of a career that has extreme highs and extreme lows all often at the exact same time," Keith explained to The Tennessean .
