London, December 24 (ANI): Late actress Brittany Murphy’s estranged father has refused to go to her funeral.

Angelo Bertolotti hadn’t met his daughter since 2006 and insisted he was not aware of her deteriorating health.

The 83-year-old said he didn’t want to go to the ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in the Hollywood Hills, California today as, he doesn’t want the service to be his lasting memory of his daughter.

“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,” the Daily Express quoted him as telling E! Online.com

He added: “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 had 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.”

Murphy died of heart attack on 20 December. (ANI)