Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert reflects on ‘life-changing’ move the Catskills

Melissa Gilbert has discussed her ‘life-changing’ move to a ‘dilapidated, smelly cabin’ in the Catskills while opening up about losing her father to suicide when she was a child, saying she didn’t learn he had killed himself until she was 45. 

The Little House on the Prairie star, 58, spoke candidly about suicide prevention and her life-changing move to the Catskill mountains during a segment she filmed for Good Morning America. 

The actress, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder on the hit series, which debuted in 1974, held up a framed portrait of her late father, actor and comedian Paul Gilbert, cuddling her when she was a baby. 

‘I’m so grateful I have this photo because every time I see it I can remember what it felt like to have him near,’ she said. ‘My father was the most…