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A private funeral has been held for US actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week of cancer. | A private funeral has been held for US actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week of cancer. |
Her partner, actor Ryan O'Neal, was a pallbearer. Their son Redmond, who was recently jailed on drug charges, was granted leave to attend. | |
Kate Jackson, one of Fawcett's co-stars on the 1970s TV show Charlie's Angels, was among the congregation. | |
Other attendees included Ghostbusters actor Ernie Hudson, songwriter Carol Bayer Sager and ex-model Cheryl Tiegs. | |
Redmond O'Neal gave the service's first reading, while his father read the 23rd Psalm. | |
A lone bagpiper headed the procession out of the church as Fawcett's coffin was taken away to its final resting place. | |
Jackson, Fawcett's co-star on Charlie's Angels, was among the mourners | |
After the ceremony, Ryan O'Neal was seen tapping on the back door of the hearse and saying "So long, babe." | |
The actor waved to reporters and fans as he left the service, held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. | |
Fawcett died last Thursday at the age of 62 after losing a three-year battle with anal cancer. | |
Her illness was chronicled in a US TV documentary, Farrah's Story, which was broadcast earlier this year. | Her illness was chronicled in a US TV documentary, Farrah's Story, which was broadcast earlier this year. |
The star declared herself cancer-free four months after originally being diagnosed in September 2006, only to have the disease return in May 2007. | |
According to O'Neal, Fawcett had accepted his proposal of marriage shortly before her death. |