Paltrow helped heal Madonna's feud with father

Gwyneth Paltrow has been credited for bringing
close pal her father Tony Ciccone,
after begging her to reconcile with him.

Madonna,who made up with her dad last year,
endured a troubled relationship with Ciccone,
when he remarried after her mother's death in 1963,
when she was just five-years-old.

Paltrow's own father Bruce Paltrow died in 2002
after A battle with throat cancer and the Shakesspeare
in love beauty has always regretted not spending
more time with him.



she warned the ray of light star to forgive and forget
or suffer the agony of what might have been.

Madonna's family friend Cheryl Buchhalter says,
"Gwyneth had a heartfelt talk with Madonna about her
agony over losing her dad Bruce.

Gwyn often talks of things she could have done with him,
things she would like to have told him,
Knowing he is gone forever is something that still crushes her."