The Standard (St. Catharines)

Public celebratio­n for Fisher and Reynolds

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The public memorial celebratin­g the lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds will be streamed live on their website.

The Star Wars actress, 60, died December 27 days after suffering a cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Just one day later, Carrie’s mother, 84-year-old Singin’ in the Rain star Debbie, died after suffering a stroke.

The iconic actresses were laid to rest in a joint private service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California in early January, with Carrie’s ashes buried next to her mother’s coffin in an urn shaped like the anti-depressant pill Prozac.

Shortly afterwards, Carrie’s brother and Debbie’s son Todd announced a public memorial would take place on March 25 in a 1,200 seat theatre at the same cemetery.

According to TMZ.com, the event will be live streamed on the late pair’s website so fans around the world can watch the service, during which a new song by James Blunt, a close friend of Carrie’s, will debut with a photo montage. The British singer won’t be singing live, but the memorial will feature performanc­es from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and students from Debbie’s dance school.

Carrie’s daughter Billie Lourd will reportedly be present but is too emotional to make a speech. The star’s dog Gary will make an appearance and costumes and memorabili­a from Debbie’s extensive archive will be on display. WENN

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