Inside Dame Maggie Smith's 'beautiful' final goodbye: Downton Abbey star is laid to rest in 'poignant but not sad' funeral with 'brilliant' eulogies and hymns 'belted out by all'
Daily MailDame Maggie Smith was laid to rest in a 'poignant but not sad' funeral yesterday. Born in Ilford, Essex, on December 28, 1934, Dame Maggie passed away peacefully in hospital aged 89 on September 27, with her sons revealing that she was 'with friends and family' until the end. The funeral of actress Dame Maggie Smith took place in south-west London yesterday The order of service featured a poignant tribute to the late actress, with a picture of a youthful Dame Maggie on the front and a image of her smiling on the back Dame Maggie in the 1976 film Murder By Death which also starred Alec Guinness Dame Maggie is made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in 2014 'I knew her because of Robert's decades of working with her but I adored her. Dame Maggie in a fashion campaign for Loewe in what would end up being her last photo Dame Maggie at the world premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in London on July 7, 2011 Dame Maggie played the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey At the time, her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens announced the news 'with great sadness' in a statement. Dame Maggie alongside Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris and Alan Rickman in 2002 film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Dame Maggie Smith passed away on September 27 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Meanwhile, Sir Keir called her 'beloved by so many for her extraordinary talent.'
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