Rosie O'Donnell's Father, Edward Joseph O'Donnell, Dies at Age 81
Rosie ODonnells father, Edward Joseph ODonnell, has passed away. The former View co-hosts dad was 81 and died of cancer, Us Weekly can confirm. Rosie, whose dad worked as an aerospace electrical engineer for Fairchild, Schlumberger and Grumman, had a strained relationship with her father following her mothers death when the actress was just 10