Anne Heche.Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
ActressAnne Hechewas officially laid to rest on Mother’s Day Sunday, PEOPLE has confirmed.
“Both sons [Homer LaffoonandAtlas Tupper] were present,” a representative for Los Angeles’s Hollywood Forever Cemetery told PEOPLE. The ceremony was “small, private and lovely.”
A source exclusively tells PEOPLE, “It was a very intimate and special service.”
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Heche wascrematedlast year, but her ashes are now among fellow entertainment industry legends in Hollywood Forever’s Cathedral Mausoleum, perTMZ.
Homer previously shared a statement with PEOPLE about why the L.A. cemetery was chosen for her final resting place. “We are convinced our Mom would love the site we have chosen for her; it’s beautiful, serene and she will be among her Hollywood peers,” he said.
Homer added, “Hollywood Forever is a living place, where people attend movies and concerts and other events. She was our Mom, but the kindness and the outpouring of the past few days reminded us that she also belongs to her fans, to the entertainment community, and now, to the ages.”
Anne Heche with her sons.
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Heche died in August after shecrashed her car into a Los Angeles homeon Aug. 5. The death wasruled an accident, withsmoke inhalationand “sternal fracture due to blunt trauma” listed as the causes. The car crash alsocaused the L.A. home to catch fire.
The actress did not die at the scene. She washospitalized and in a comafor almost a week when Heche’s loved onesdeclared her legally deadon Aug. 12. She wasremoved from life supporton Aug. 14 after she donated her organs.
source: people.com
