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Well if he wasn't there for her in life, why would he be there in death?

Brittany Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti has said that he will not be attending her funeral on Christmas Eve because he doesn't want that to be the last memory he has of his daughter.

Bertolotti, who hasn't seen Brittany since 2006, says:
"I was very shocked by it [her death]. I can't believe it really. It happened so fast, I'm just trying to figure it all out right now. I'm very upset by it. If I wanted to go [to the funeral] I would go, but I don't want to see her that way.

She was flawless to me. She was a little bright child. I have only good memories about her. She's a memory to me now. To me she's off making a movie somewhere. She has a couple of issues but nothing was that serious. Her mother never told me anything like that. She never said she had anything like was listed in the papers."

We understand what he's saying, but funerals are a fact of life and a way to respect the deceased.

At least we know her mother will be there to honor her memory.

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