Paul Walker's daughter is paying tribute to her beloved dad.

On Sunday, 12 years to the day after the automobile accident that claimed the Quick & Livid franchise star's life, the mannequin and philanthropist shared a collection of photographs accompanied by a touching caption on her Instagram to commemorate his life.

"12 years with out you… I like you perpetually," Meadow wrote, over a collection of three footage depicting Paul kneeling earlier than a toddler-aged Meadow, who sits on a counter her dad with a smile. Within the footage, Paul holds a plate with as much as his daughter containing a dessert festooned with candles, which she considers earlier than giving her dad a peck on the lips.

Walker's sudden and tragic passing rocked Hollywood in 2013.

The actor was using within the passenger seat of a automobile when the driving force, racing professional Roger Rodas, misplaced management of Walker's Porsche Carrera GT and struck a concrete lamp publish in Santa Clarita, Calif. The automobile caught hearth upon impression, and each males have been pronounced lifeless when authorities arrived on the scene.

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Paul had Meadow Rain Walker 15 years earlier than with childhood sweetheart Rebecca Soteros. Although Walker and Soteros by no means married, the pair co-parented Meadow till the actor's premature demise.

"On daily basis I decide her up from faculty, and we exit on a longboard," Walker advised PEOPLE in 2006. "She's the most effective accomplice I've ever had."

Meadow has paid tribute to her late father on the anniversary of his demise up to now, taking the event in 2021 to fundraise for varied charities that held a particular place in Paul's coronary heart throughout his lifetime, together with Toys for Tots.

"To honor my dad's legacy, we hope you'll be a part of us to Do Good," she wrote on Instagram on the time. "From constructing faculties, to advocating for ocean conservancy, to our annual scholarship, affecting optimistic change is on the coronary heart of every part we do. We love and respect you."

Meadow's name to provide again was not a one-off, both. By the Paul Walker Basis that Meadow established 2015, she has helped hold his giving spirit alive by supporting initiatives benefitting wildlife conservation and ocean safety, and awarding an annual scholarship benefitting a scholar aspiring to dedicate their lives to such disciplines.

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