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\"She was extremely excited and a bit in disbelief, when she got to actually meet him after all,\" Larry Birkhead continued. \"Thanks Hugh for your kindness and making dreams come true!\"

In a post from Dec. 27, Larry Birkhead shared how he had gotten front-row tickets to Jackman's show -- which features songs from the actor's most iconic roles, including \"The Boy From Oz,\" \"The Greatest Showman\" and \"The Music Man\" plus other surprises -- and the cardboard cutout for his daughter's Christmas gift.

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\"I'm just a Dad making dreams come true one day at a time,\" he wrote. \"Not sure what we are going to do with this cutout now?? Scratch that, it's already in her room!\"

Dannielynn Birkhead is the only daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith, who died in February 2007 at the age of 39.

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