Mick Jagger's farewell to tragic L'Wren Scott

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L'Wren Scott's funeral held at the Hollywood Forever Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon
The site was chosen by her partner of 12 years, Mick Jagger, who requested her body transported from New York to Los Angeles
About 70 people attended, one third of them from the Jagger family
Close friend Ellen Barkin, Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban, and singer Bryan Adams were also among the mourners
Huge security contingent checked all vehicles

PUBLISHED: 19:09 EST, 25 March 2014 | UPDATED: 20:26 EST, 26 March 2014

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Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger was joined by up to 70 close family and friends yesterday as he celebrated the life of his late partner L'Wren Scott.

The family attended the famed Hollywood Forever Funeral Home, in Los Angeles, at about 12.30pm yesterday before moving on to a reception at Sunset Tower Hotel, where they were seen arriving in a black mini-van and a limousine.

Traditional folk song Will The Circle Be Unbroken was sung by longtime Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler and three generations of Jaggers gave speeches at the fashion designer's funeral.

However it was the memories that a devastated Mick Jagger shared with mourners of his late partner that was said to have provided the most poignant part of the service.

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Fighting the tears: Lizzie and Georgia May Jagger leave the service in Hollywood, California

The couple, who had been dating for 12 years, first met in L.A. on a magazine shoot in 2001.

About 70 people, including Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban and rocker Bryan Adams, gathered for the small service at the famed Hollywood Forever Funeral Home at about 12.30pm, according to People.

The cemetery was put on lock-down so that Scott could be laid to rest privately, with a huge security contingent searching all cars, including the trunks.

Blessings and prayers were led by the Rev. Ed Bacon of the All Saints Church in Pasadena.

Georgia May Jagger (left) leaves a reception at Sunset Tower Hotel following the funeral service for L'Wren Scott, which was also attended by Karis Jagger and Jade Jagger (right)

The Jagger family leave the reception for the fashion designer, which was held at Sunset Tower Hotel, in Hollywood

Mick Jagger's family arrive at a reception following L'Wren Scott's funeral in Hollywood. Karis Jagger, husband Jonathan Watson and their daughter arrived in a black Mercedes mini van

Blessings and prayers were led by the Rev. Ed Bacon of the All Saints Church in Pasadena, at the service, attended by family and friends

The Jagger family leave a reception for L'Wren Scott, following her funeral in Hollywood, California

The extended Jagger family comprised about one-third of the mourners

Family and friends attended the reception at the Sunset Tower Hotel, about a nine minute drive from the funeral home, following the service

L'Wren Scott's older brother Randall Bambrough attended the funeral where his daughter Hannah read a Shakespearean sonnet

Jagger - who was on tour in Australia when he found out his long-time love had committed suicide in her Manhattan apartment - was said to be 'nervous' when he eulogized Scott, according to The New York Daily News.

Scott's older brother Randy Bambrough, who is said to have handled most of the funeral arrangements, including transporting Scott's body from New York to L.A., also spoke.

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Poems were read by Jagger's daughter, Karis, as well as the actress Ellen Barkin, a good friend of Scott's.

Jagger's daughter Jade and his grandchildren, Mazie and Zak, read psalms.

Bambrough's daughter, Hannah, read a Shakespearean sonnet.

Talent agent Justinian Kfoury, costume designer Ira M. Hammons-Glass and creative director Adam Glassman also shared words.

Nicole bids farewell to friend L'Wren Scott at Hollywood funeral

Mourners: Nicole Kidman, who was a close friend of L'Wren Scott for 25 years, and her husband Keith Urban leave a reception following the designer's funeral in Hollywood, Ca. on Tuesday afternoon

Nicole Kidman worked with L'Wren Scott on the film Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. Scott was the costume designer

Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban show their support at L'Wren Scott's funeral ceremony in Hollywood

Traditional folk song Will The Circle Be Unbroken was sung by longtime Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler and three generations of Jaggers gave speeches at the fashion designer's funeral

About 70 people, including Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban and rocker Bryan Adams, gathered for the small service at the famed Hollywood Forever Funeral Home

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban leave a reception following L'Wren Scott's funeral in Hollywood, Ca.

Kidman and Scott have been friends for 25 years and Kidman is said to be 'heartbroken' over the fashion designer's death

Lock-down: All cars were searched by security as they entered the cemetery

Security speak with mourners arriving at the funer of L'Wren Scott at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on March 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California

The extended Jagger family comprised about one-third of the mourners.

Scott was the costume designer on the 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut starring Kidman and then-husband Tom Cruise.

The pair have been friends for 25 years and Kidman is said to be 'heartbroken' over Scott's death.

Fowler sang accompanied by Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart. However there was no sign of Jagger's bandmates Keith Richards, Charlie Watts or Ron Wood.

Family and friends also attended the reception at the Sunset Tower Hotel, about a nine minute drive from the funeral home, following the service.

Scott, both a designer and a veteran stylist, killed herself on March 17.

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery was the place chosen by Mick Jagger for the funeral, eight days after the famed fashion designer's suicide inside her luxury Manhattan apartment

Blessings and prayers led by the Rev. Ed Bacon of the All Saints Church in Pasadena

Mick Jagger, along with his close family members were driven from the location in a black Mercedes van. A hearse was also seen entering the premises earlier in the day

Covered arrivals: The Hollywood Forever Cemetery arranged to have curtains blocking the view of the guests' arrivals on Tuesday ahead of the funeral

Discrete: The cemetery was on lock down all day Tuesday ahead of the funeral, which is expected to start at around 12.30pm local time

Resting place: The hearse was seen arriving at the storied Hollywood cemetery earlier on Tuesday

A medical examiner ruled her death was by hanging.

At 8.30am on the morning of her death, Scott is believed to have texted her assistant, Brittany Penebre, to 'come by' her Chelsea apartment at 10am.

Penebre then made the baffling discovering.

Scott was reportedly days away from filing for bankruptcy on her self-titled fashion label.

She is expected to be buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and the grounds are being kept under close watch today by a security crew ahead of her funeral.

Jagger has been comforted by his daughters and has split his time between his eldest daughter Karis' Los Angeles home and the Four Seasons Hotel, where he has been seen on the balcony.

Together: Jagger and Scott, seen in one of their final public appearances in November, had been together for 13 years by the time she killed herself last week

There to mourn: L'Wren Scott's brother Randall Bambrough, right, was seen taking a walk with his daughter Hannah, left, on Tuesday morning just hours before her funeral was scheduled to begin

Close: Scott took Bambrough on as a financial advisor for her company last year

Familiar face: About 60 people were reportedly invited to the funeral ceremony that Jagger has arranged for his longtime partner and Bambrough is seen talking to L'Wren's assistant Brittany Penebre

All black: Brittany Penebre, Scott's assistant seen in LA today, was the one to find the designer's body

White floor-length curtains were hung around the overhang by the driveway of the storied cemetery so that cars would pull into the draped area and the passengers will be able to exit the car without being photographed.

A handful of close confidantes of the 49-year-old designer and her 70-year-old rock star boyfriend were spotted arriving in Los Angeles over the past few days.

Jagger's daughter Jade, who is thought to be seven months pregnant, was seen flying from Heathrow to Los Angeles on Saturday to join her father, and her step sisters Georgia May and Lizzie have been at his side since Scott's death last Monday.

Scott's assistant Brittany Penebre arrived in California on Monday and bumped into Randall Bambrough on Tuesday ahead of the funeral.

An unidentified source told the New York Daily News the service would be small.

'It will be an intimate service for close family and friends to pay their respects to L'Wren,' the source told the paper.

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barbara, nantwich, 4 days ago

Frankly, Nicole Kidman treated this solemn occasion like a personal photoshoot. Mick Jagger has behaved with dignity throughout.

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Kerry NZ., Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 days ago

Its lovely to see Mick was supported by so many of his family. I wonder if Jerry Hall attended, she seems to have been silent on the subject.

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Lynndy13- London, London, United Kingdom, 4 days ago

of course she didn't..they were enemies, Jerry hated her also from what ive heard all the children were exceptionally horrid to L'Wren

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KN, Toronto, 4 days ago

The funeral wa hijacked by Mick -- it became all about Mick jagger and his grief..not about L Wren's family... her siblings and extended family....

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kat, Wakefield, United Kingdom, 4 days ago

is that you Jan Shane , you have already had your say

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butterme, Northern California, United States, 4 days ago

"Jagger's daughter Jade, who is thought to be seven months pregnant, was seen flying from Heathrow to Los Angeles on Saturday to join her father, and her step sisters Georgia May and Lizzie have been at his side since Scott's death last Monday." Georgia May and Lizzie are Jade's HALF sisters. They are NOT her step sisters. Mick is the father of all the girls, they have different mothers thus making the younger two Jade's HALF sisters.