“She didn’t like death” – Doris Day had no funeral, no memorial and no grave after she died

Day “drifted away” from organized religion after Melcher died in 1968, Bashara told People, but remained “a spiritual person.”

“She believed in God, and she thought her voice was God-given,” he says. “She would say, ‘God gave me a voice, and I just used it.’”

Day retired from acting in the early 70s but did return for two TV shows. Then in 1985 she hosted her own television talk show “Doris Day’s Best Friends”, on the Christian Broadcasting Network which ran for a year.

Her friend and manager Bashara says he remains unsure as to why Day was reluctant to have a funeral, but explains, “I think it was because she was a very shy person.”

 

He said Day knew her fans loved her from the letters she received but never understood why so many people loved her.

“She never let her celebrity affect her and who she was, and she was always the little girl from Cincinnati who was extraordinarily talented and went out in the world and did what she loved to do despite herself,” he says.

She was cremated and had her ashes scattered.

Her estate was donated to charity.

Doris Day with Daises (Photo by Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images)

We all have to come to terms with death in our own way and everyone’s wishes must be respected.

This legendary actress and singer will forever be loved and remembered. Rest in peace Doris Day. Please share.

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