Yeah I actually thought he might have lived too at first but meh, I agree with Monk in that he wasn't sympathetic at all. I was kind of wondering what that part where Tomei's character walked out on him, he wasn't being an asshole about the ring is more important, he just said "these guys need me, that's where I belong." And if he had lived, she probably would have felt stupid walking out on him for no reason. She should have like cheered him on or something.
And was it ever proven that his daughter was a lesbian? :eh: I mean he said he thought that out of nowhere during the mall scene because she lived with another woman but I don't think she admitted it...