Dennis Hopper Daughter Missed Funeral

Dennis Hopper’s youngest daughter was forced to miss the acting legend’s funeral last week because of the furious battle over her father’s estate.

Galen Grier, seven, was not present when the Hoosiers star was laid to rest in Taos, New Mexico. Hopper had been locked in a bitter divorce with Galen’s mother, his fifth wife Victoria Duffy, since filing divorce papers earlier this year. According to The DailyBeast.com, Joe Mannis — attorney for the Hopper Family — contacted Duffy’s legal team to arrange for Galen to attend the ceremony in the care of a guardian.

Duffy refused.

Mannis’ email, obtained by the website, reads: “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. 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 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.’”

Little Galen is likely to be caught up in the legal fracas her father left behind for sometime to come. Duffy has reportedly filed a claim against the late actor’s estate to gain a financial settlement.