Debbie Reynolds, the Hollywood star who died shortly after her daughter Carrie Fisher this week, had already made plans for her memorial, choosing a burial plot and setting out her wishes, her family has said.

Reynolds, who died aged 84 after reportedly suffering a stroke, had “explicit plans” for a fitting send-off, her son Todd Fisher has said, with mother and daughter likely to be buried together in California.

In an interview after his sister’s death from a cardiac arrest this week, Mr Fisher said there would be a small family service before a more public memorial.

Since then, Reynolds also passed away after telling her family: “I want to be with Carrie.”