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"Samantha Morton&amp;#039;s hunt for her estranged stepfather has reportedly ended in tragedy.  The Minority Report star appealed in Port Magazine this week for Frank Braidwood, the second husband of her mother Pamela, to get back in touch with her. In the open letter, Morton wrote: &amp;quot;I miss you so much it hurts and I have to be strong. Really strong... I am imagining everything is well and that you are angry and don&amp;#039;t want to speak with me and that is why you haven&amp;#039;t tried to contact me in all these years.  &amp;quot;I said some very hurtful things when we last spoke. I am sorry... I want you to know that I forgive you. Forgive you for everything. I wish you could meet my family - I know you would be so proud of me.&amp;quot; The Oscar-nominated actress, who spent most of her childhood in foster care, had commenced the hunt after private investigators cast doubt upon her mother&amp;#039;s claims that Frank had died.  However, reporters at The Daily Telegraph have worked to track down the son of the alleged individual, also called Frank, who dashed Morton&amp;#039;s hopes of a reunion by confirming that his father had died in 2007 after contracting the deadly MRSA virus while receiving treatment for prostate cancer in hospital. Braidwood Jr further claimed that he had tried in vain to reach Morton shortly after Frank&amp;#039;s passing.  &amp;quot;I tried to contact Samantha about the funeral, but I couldn&amp;#039;t get a message to her through Facebook,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I wanted her to know and be there.&amp;quot;  Morton has reportedly been informed of the discovery, but has declined to speak to the media.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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