Robert Downey Jr has paid tribute to his father Robert Downey Sr, after the celebrated filmmaker died at the age of 85.
Downey Jr then addressed his stepmother Rosemary Rogers-Downey, who tied the knot with Downey Sr in 1998, adding: “Rosemary Rogers-Downey, you are a saint, and our thoughts and prayers are with you.”
“Last night, Dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s,” the actor wrote.
He began playing the character in the 2008 Iron Man and most recently reprised the role in the 2019 Avengers: Endgame.