A Hollywood memorial service celebrates the lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
Fans gathered to honour Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher at a public memorial service in Los Angeles on Saturday, three months after the actresses died.
The mother and daughter were remembered in the 1,200-seat theatre at Hollywood’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The event included a tribute song by James Blunt and a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.
Singin’ in the Rain’s Reynolds, 84, and Star Wars actress Fisher, 60, died within a day of each other in December .
Reynolds starred in a string of classic Hollywood films in the 1950s and 1960s, while her daughter was best-known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.
« There were no finer people that I have ever known than my mother and sister, » Todd Fisher, who organised the service, said on stage.
He said he arranged the two-hour event as a show rather than a memorial, because it what his mother would have wanted as « she hated memorials ».
It included dancers from the Debbie Reynolds Studio performing a tribute to Singin’ In The Rain.
James Blunt was friends with Carrie Fisher and recorded part of his debut album in her bathroom. His tribute song was accompanied by a montage of photographs of the pair.
Todd Fisher called it a « beautiful song to Carrie », adding that « it might rip your heart out ».
Actor Dan Ackroyd, her former fiance, was among speakers, and told how he once saved her life when she nearly choked on a Brussels sprout.
« If I’d been with our beloved showboat [when she died], I might have been able to save her again, » he said.
Todd Fisher described the moments before his mother died: « She literally asked permission and said she wanted to be with Carrie.
« She closed her eyes and went to sleep. It was a very peaceful exit that only my mother could orchestrate. It was a beautiful exit. »
Carrie Fisher died aged 60 on 27 December , days after suffering a cardiac arrest. Her mother died a day later after a suspected stroke.
Earlier Mr Fisher said the public was invited to the memorial « because that’s how my mother would want it ».
He added that she was « very connected to her fans and felt they were a part of her ».
The public ceremony follows a private memorial service , which took place in January and was attended by stars including Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow and Meg Ryan.
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