Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds will be laid to rest together at a private funeral service on Thursday.
Dying just one day apart in Los Angeles last month, the actresses will be buried side by side at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, among an array of Golden Age cinema stars.
The small service, which will be limited to family and close friends, has been arranged by Debbie's son and Carrie's brother Todd Fisher, with the help of Billie Lourd, Carrie's daughter.
The Hollywood Reporter quoted a family source as confirming there would also be an event at the Beverly Hills compound where Reynolds and Fisher were neighbours.
"I'm not sure what they're calling it - a funeral or a wake - but it will be Thursday at the house," the source said.
"It will be exactly what they both wanted, to be together."
The family is understood to be discussing a public memorial, although plans are yet to be announced.
Talking about his mother last week before her death, Todd Fisher told Good Morning America: "She said she missed her daughter and wanted to see her again."
He added: "I think she wanted to be with her. I'm not joking when I say she left to be with her, and I'm happy about that. That's the only thing I'm happy about."
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Other well known celebrities buried at Forest Lawn include Bette Davis, Reynolds' onscreen mother in 1956 film A Catered Affair, Reynolds' close friend Liberace and silent film star Buster Keaton.
Fisher, who had recently reprised her best loved role as rebel warrior Princess Leia in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, was travelling from London to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve when she suffered a heart attack shortly before landing.
The 60-year-old actress died three days later at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after remaining in a critical condition.
Debbie Reynolds, whose Hollywood stardom was sealed when she starred alongside Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain, died a day later on Wednesday, 28 December.
The 84-year-old suffered a stroke at the Beverly Hills compound where she lived as she was making funeral arrangements for her daughter.
"She didn't die of a broken heart. She just left to be with Carrie," her son told ABC News.
Carrie's daughter, Billie Lourd - best known for her role in Scream Queens - has spoken about losing her mother and grandmother just a day apart.
She told her Instagram followers their prayers and kind words had given her strength "during a time I thought strength could not exist."
"There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me," the 24-year-old wrote.
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary about Reynolds' at-times rocky relationship with her daughter, premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival and is due to air earlier than originally planned on HBO on Saturday.
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