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"Della" opens with two brief statements that color the remainder of the text with sadness: "My daughter Della was 36 when she died. Her death certificate said she died from an overdose of drugs and alcohol."
Following her father's remembrance on page one that Della "saw everything as a collection of snapshots," he recalls the final photograph taken of her, shortly after the conclusion of her tragic, short life, and compares it with the photos they both so loved to take in happier days:See the full content of this document
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Barris Writes a Heartbreaking Memoir About His Daughter
"The snapshot of my dead daughter on a couch in her apartment was not a good example of great photography. And it wasn't a picture God, or Della, or I took. The snapshot was taken by a police photographer -- her skin is gray. Her body is bon...
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