The family of actors Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher have confirmed that they will be buried together following a joint funeral.
Reynolds' son Todd Fisher said his mother and sister would be laid to rest at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, the final resting place of a number of celebrities including Bette Davis, Stan Laurel and Liberace.
Eighty-four-year old Debbie Reynolds died from a suspected stroke on Wednesday, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, died in hospital. Fisher passed away following a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles on December 23.
Todd Fisher said that shortly before Reynolds fell ill, she had expressed a wish that her daughter would be buried at the spot where she herself planned to be buried.
He also has opened up about the death of his mother and sister in an interview with ABC News during which he insisted that Reynolds did not "die of a broken heart" and revealed that in her final moments she "really wanted to be with Carrie and did not want her to be alone."
"Within 15 minutes from that conversation, she faded out. And within 30 minutes, she technically was gone," he said.
"We're broken-hearted, those of us that are left behind. We also are happy that they're together. It's horrible, it's beautiful, it's magical they are together, it's beyond words, it's beyond understanding."
Todd Fisher on death of mother Debbie Reynolds: “I watched her leave and go to Carrie.” WATCH TONIGHT ON @ABC2020: https://t.co/wzSZgHGNyA pic.twitter.com/UhukVW4NKr
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Fisher had announced Reynolds' death on Wednesday as he revealed her last words were about her late daughter.
She said, 'I want to be with Carrie'. And then she was gone.
One of Carrie Fisher's last roles was in the sitcom, Catastrophe, which is written by Irish comedian Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney.
Delaney wrote a moving tribute to Carrie Fisher in the Guardian newspaper in which he recalled the actress's kindness and his teenage crush on her.
"I spent my teenage years fantasising about a shiny-lipped Carrie Fisher trying to murder me and my fugitive brother one day… So naturally I tried to seduce Carrie when we finally did work together.
"I'd like to report that I was successful, but despite my begging her on many occasions, we never had sex, even though our onscreen mother/son chemistry was off the charts......"
What I'm getting at here is that I revered Carrie until I met her and then I loved her. I'm smiling thinking about her. I hope you are too.
Horgan penned her own tribute to the late actress on Instagram, describing her in glowing terms.
"Carrie was my friend. It took me three series but I got her in the end. She was the most generous, fun, gifted, smart, kind, funny funny funny person I've ever met," Horgan wrote.
"She certainly wasn't ready to go. I'm so glad we became pals.
"I'm so devastated at her loss. I want to write about her more but I can't process yet."
