Doris Day won't have a memorial service after she died at 97 years old.
The incredible Hollywood star, who kicked the bucket on Monday morning, made her desires unmistakable in her will, her chief and dear companion Bob Bashara tells PEOPLE. "No burial service, no dedication, and no [grave] marker," Bashara says.
Notwithstanding saying Day didn't "get a kick out of the chance to discuss" a burial service or commemoration, Bashara clarifies, "She didn't care for death, and she couldn't be with her animal on the off chance that they must be put down. She experienced issues tolerating death."
"I'd state we have to accommodate her puppies, and she'd state, 'I would prefer not to consider it' and she stated, 'Well, you simply take care of them,'" reviews Bashara. "She had a few when her will was composed, and she needed to make sure they were dealt with. She didn't prefer to discuss the death of her dogs.
An enthusiastic animal lover and creature welfare advocate, Day was raised Catholic and was a rehearsing Christian Scientist in the wake of wedding Martin Melcher.
"She had confidence in God, and she thought her voice was undeniable," he says. "She would state, 'God gave me a voice, and I simply utilized it.'"
Bashara says he stays uncertain with respect to why Day was hesitant about having a burial service, however, clarifies, "I think it was on the grounds that she was an extremely modest individual."
"She never gave her big name a chance to influence her and her identity, and she was the young lady from Cincinnati who was exceptionally capable and went out on and did what she wanted to do in spite of herself," he says. "She was straightforward, and I had exchanges with her about how famous she was, and she would state, 'I don't get it' concerning why she was so cherished."
