Judy Garland has been laid to rest in a mausoleum named for her at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Her family and friends held a private memorial service for the actress on Saturday, which would have been Garland's 95th birthday. She was buried in the Judy Garland Pavilion.
Garland's children, Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joe Luft, wanted to bring their mother's remains "home to Hollywood" from her original burial site at New York's Ferncliff Cemetery. They attended the service, along with Garland's grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In a statement, they offered gratitude to their mother's "millions of fans around the world for their constant love and support."
Garland's third husband, Mickey Deans, buried her in New York, but her children said she wished to be interred with her family in Hollywood, a publicist said.
The Judy Garland Pavilion is intended as a final resting spot for Minnelli, the Lufts and other family members, according to the cemetery. Rocker Chris Cornell was laid to rest at the cemetery last month.
Garland, star of classic films including "The Wizard of Oz" and "Meet Me in St. Louis," died in 1969 at 47 in London. She was born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn.
First South Korean wins Van Cliburn
South Korea's Yekwon Sunwoo has won the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which is one of the top showcases for the world's best pianists. The 28-year-old Sunwoo emerged from 30 competitors to claim the $50,000 award and a gold medal Saturday in the competition held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1962 by Van Cliburn, the famed pianist who died in 2013. Sunwoo is the first South Korean to win. The competition began May 25 with pianists from 12 countries and Hong Kong. In the finals round, each of six finalists performed with a string quartet and then with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. American Kenneth Broberg, a Minneapolis native, was second. Another American, Daniel Hsu of San Francisco, finished third.
Winning Powerball ticket sold in Calif.
A sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million and matching all six numbers was sold in Southern California for the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor & Deli in the small city of Menifee, the California Lottery said. Lottery officials said the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday. The winner has one year to claim the prize. The store just off a highway caters to retirees who live in Sun City — part of Menifee — and to motorists passing through the area about 80 miles from Los Angeles.
