Vanessa Hudgens lost her father, Greg, to cancer Saturday, the day before she was scheduled to perform in Fox's production of Grease: Live!<br />The actress, cast as Rizzo in the live production, tweeted the news of her sad loss Sunday morning, then followed up with a tweet saying she would perform in the musical later in the day "in his honor."<br />Hudgens spoke in August about her father's battle at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show.<br />"Last year, my boyfriend, Austin (Butler), lost his mom, Lori, to cancer, and my dad has just been recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.<br />And, let me tell you, I hate cancer.<br />I hate cancer with every cell of my being," she said
