JON VOIGHT - VOIGHT LEADS TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY FOR EX-WIFE

VOIGHT LEADS TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY FOR EX-WIFE

Movie star JON VOIGHT is so desperate to get back into the good graces of his estranged daughter ANGELINA JOLIE - he has helped plant a rose bush memorial to the actress' late mother. The Deliverance star split from Jolie's mother, actress/producer Marcheline Bertrand, in 1976, leaving his ex to bring up his son and daughter, Jolie, alone. After years of estrangement, Jolie and her father, reconciled and appeared together in the first Tomb Raider movie - but they fell out in 2002 when Voight publicly accused her of being mentally ill. Voight has been trying to reconcile with his daughter ever since, admitting recently he has never met her four kids. And now sources suggest an odd rose-bush planting ceremony in a public park is Voight's latest shot at ending years of estrangement. The actor, 68, met with friends, including poet John Trudell, at the park near where Bertrand lived for a Native American planting ceremony on 1 September (07). Sources tell U.S. tabloid the Globe, "Jon made a touching speech about his ex-wife and asked the others to share their own special memories. "Jon got out a card, scribbled, 'I love you Marchie,' and had everyone else write a message, then tied it to the rose bush with a ribbon."