Lynda Bellingham has been
described as "brave, beautiful, brilliant,
funny and fabulous" at her
funeral, by her friend and TV star Gyles Brandreth.A service for the 66-year-old was held at St Bartholomew's Church in Somerset.
Best known for her long-running role as a mum in the Oxo TV adverts, she had battled colon cancer since being diagnosed in July 2013.
Other guests included Loose Women colleagues Jane McDonald, Kate Thornton and Andrea McLean.
The actress died "in her husband's arms" on 19 October, in a London hospital.
Bellingham decided to stop having chemotherapy to limit her family's suffering, after her cancer spread to her lungs and liver.
Speaking earlier this month, she said giving up the treatment was "a huge relief because I took back some control of myself".
During the service at the church in Crewkerne, Mr Brandreth said: "I first met her nearly 40 years ago when we were introduced by [Christopher] Biggins.
"Of course, I fell for her at once. She was so funny and so sexy - even gay men fancied her."
Actress Maureen Lipman paid tribute, saying: "I wish I could reproduce the fun times, the joke-telling.
"Her sudden honking laughter, her craziness, her rich, throaty and slightly metallic voice, her high campery and her beautiful brown eyes."
Source:BBC
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