TV star Cilla Black died accidentally from a traumatic head injury after a fall at her home in Spain, a coroner ruled at her inquest today.
Coroner Andre Rebello said: "Far more important is that you celebrate her life, but your mum was far more than just your mum.
"She was a daughter of Liverpool and she was a celebrity and loved by all in Liverpool and that will be part of her abiding memory and memorial.
"But you will have personal, private memories of her as mum.
"It is those memories of the ordinary things she did, normal family events, the love shared and the love given, that must be her abiding memory, not just for this generation, but for each born in the future," he said.
Earlier, Mr Rebello confirmed details of the circumstances of Ms Black's death following the investigation by medical and legal authorities in Spain.
He said she was born in Liverpool on 27 May 1943, her maiden name was White and she died at her home having been found by one of her sons, on 1 August at her villa in Estepona on the Costa del Sol.
Mr Rebello said he understood she "was discovered by her son Robert at 5.30pm on 1 August this year.
"She was on the terrace leading from her bedroom at her home.
"She had fallen and she had struck her head, and this traumatic head injury which had ensued had resulted in her death.
"She was certified as having died by the paramedic at 6.10pm on 1 August. The fall itself was un-witnessed."
Mr Rebello, formally recording the inquest verdict and legally releasing her body for burial, added: "The thrust of the evidence clearly points to only one conclusion, she died from accidental death."
