Lynda Bellingham funeral: Touching final curtain call is full of tears, love and laughter
Before the curtain came down, she promised one final show. And Lynda Bellingham did not disappoint.
The late actress's meticulously planned funeral was a touching, tearful and suitably theatrical affair, attended by family, friends and a raft of showbiz stars.
Fittingly, as her white flower-strewn coffin was carried from Parish church of St Bartholemew in Crewkerne, Somerset, There's No Business Like Showbusiness came blaring down the speakers. This was not your typical send-off.
Later, as her family said their private goodbyes grave-side, an electric display of fireworks went off, lighting up the surrounding countryside.
The 66-year-old star wanted to go with a bang - and that she did.
Earlier in the day around 300 fans had gathered to pay their respects to a woman whose talents graced both the stage and TV.
She was a Shakespearean actress but, to millions, Lynda Bellingham was best known as the Oxo mum.
It was something she embraced.
Or, in the words Giles Brandeth - the first of ten friends to give tributes - "She never, ever knocked the adverts; they paid for the school fees and a nice house.
"They went for 16 years, because no-one did it better."
The 100 minute service, attended by stars including Maureen Lipman, Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes, Robert Lindsay, Julia Sawalha, Coronation Street's Gail Worth and her former Loose Women colleagues, was exactly how Lynda imagined it.
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