The life of
James Bond
star
Roger Moore was celebrated with a private memorial in
Monte Carlo
. Friends and family of Moore, who passed away last month in
Switzerland
at the age of 89 after a short battle with cancer, gathered at Saint Paul's Church on Saturday, to stay their goodbyes.
Moore's manager and biographer Gareth Owen shared a picture of the order of service on Moore's Twitter page and wrote, "Yesterday we said our goodbyes in a beautiful service and celebrated a wonderful life. (Gareth)."
"One last drink. Goodbye, dear @sirrogermoore - a beautiful and loving service for one of the great Saints,Knights and Gents of our time," Moore's close friend Joan Collins tweeted alongside a picture of herself at the service.
The British
actor
's three children, Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian, announced his death in a statement on May 23. They had said a private funeral would be held in Monaco in "accordance with our father's wishes."
Moore became a tax exile from Britain in 1978 and split his time between three homes in Monaco, Switzerland and thesouth of France.
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