Maggie Smith laid to rest in beautiful goodbye at funeralservice

Dame Maggie Smith was laid to rest in an intimate funeral service on Monday. Smith died at 89 on Sept.27. According to the Daily Mail, on Nov.

4, the legendary actress’s life was celebrated at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond, London. “Such a beautiful goodbye to Maggie Smith today,” one guest told the outlet. “It was warm and funny and full of love and brilliant eulogies, with the best hymns bringing belted out by all.It was poignant but not sad because hers was a life so richly lived.” Mortlake was also the funeral site for several other famous British figures, including former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her husband Dennis and comedian Tommy Cooper.Smith is survived by her grandchildren and her two adult sons who are both actors — “Black Sails” star Toby Stephens, 55, and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” star Chris Larkin, 57. Her sons announced her death with a statement on Sept 27.  “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” they wrote at the time. They added: “An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end.

She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.”Smith, who was born in Ilford, England, on Dec.28, 1934, won Tonys and Oscars and enjoyed a seven-decade career on both the stage and screen, but she was best known for her later-in-life roles as stern Professor McGonagall in the eight “Harry Potter” films and the acerbic Dowager Countess of Grantham on “Downton Abbey.” After her death, several of her former co-stars spoke out with tributes.

“The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for ‘David Copperfield,’ which was my first job,” Daniel Radcliffe, 35, told The Post in a statement. “I knew virtually nothing about her other than that my parents were awestruck at the fact that I would be working ...