The life of Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett will be celebrated during a private funeral held, fittingly, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Fawcett died Thursday at age 62 after a long and public battle with cancer. The service on Tuesday afternoon will be closed to media and the public.

Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, said in a statement last week that Fawcett's family and friends "take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah... and knowing that her life brought joy to people".

Her son, 24-year-old Redmond, was granted a request last week to attend the funeral. He has been jailed since April 5 on drug charges.

Fawcett emerged as a pop-culture icon in the 1970s and 1980s after her role in Charlie's Angels and appearance on a famous poster wearing a red swimsuit that would come to be her defining image.

Farrah Fawcett: 1947 - 2009