Even in death, Dennis Hopper refused to see his ex-wife.
A day before the actor was laid to rest, Hopper’s lawyer wrote a letter to his wife’s lawyer — saying she was “not invited” to come to his funeral, it was revealed today.
“As your client knows, the funeral for Mr. Hopper will be where he wanted to be buried in Taos, New Mexico. As your client also knows… she is not invited to the funeral,” wrote Dennis’ lawyer Joe Mannis.
The letter, obtained by The Daily Beast and made public today, also says in it that it “was Mr. Hopper’s specific wish that Ms. Hopper not attend his funeral. Ms. Hopper has indicated that she is not going to allow [their daughter] Galen to attend the funeral unless she attends.
“Mr. Hopper’s family (particularly after what was said about them in the press by Ms. Hopper) does not wish that Ms. Hopper attend the funeral. On the family’s behalf, I request that [her nanny] be allowed to bring Galen to the funeral and return her thereafter. Please let me know whether your client will consent to do what I can only call the ‘decent thing.'”
Hopper died on May 29 at the age of 74 following a battle with prostate cancer.
The funeral took place last Thursday in Taos without Hopper’s 7-year-old daughter after her mother, Victoria Duffy, refused to comply with Hopper’s demands.
“It’s insane,” one of her friends told The Daily Beast, adding that the letter arrived just “hours” before the ceremony.
“You don’t send a 7-year-old on a private plane to her father’s funeral without her mother.”
Hopper, while stricken with terminal prostate cancer, filed to divorce Duffy, 42, in January after 14 years of marriage. But the split had not been finalized by the time of Hopper’s death.
Hopper obtained a restraining order against her, banned her from his home and accused her of stealing more than $1.5 million of artwork.
With AP