LOS ANGELES (AP) - The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called "stirring."
Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
After the ceremony, mourners said they overheard O'Neal as he tapped on the hearse's back door and said, "So long, babe."
Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart and "Charlie's Angels" co-star Kate Jackson were among early arrivals before the hearse pulled up, accompanied by 10 motorcycle officers.
Two mourners carried copies of Fawcett's iconic poster, showing the actress wearing a red swimsuit, tousled blond curls and a broad smile.
The service, which was closed to the public, lasted more than an hour as fans and the news media watched from across a street.
About 500 people were invited to the service, said entertainment journalist Eliot Tiegel, who attended as a guest with his wife, Bonnie, a producer of TV's "Entertainment Tonight."
"It was one of the most musical funerals I've ever been to, and that's what happens when you go to a show-business funeral," he said after the ceremony. "Overall, it was very stirring."
Fawcett died Thursday at age 62 after a public battle with cancer. O'Neal and Stewart were at her side.
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