I don’t think it is that odd. The father/daughter dance is one of the more important and emotional parts of a lot of weddings. The father was probably very upset that he would miss it. His presence would certainly be missed at the eventual wedding. They could have had a stand-in or tried to bypass the tradition in some way, but I think this is a pretty elegant solution and brings just a bit of solace to a dying man.
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