Aaron Spelling Buried In Private Service

A private burial service was held Sunday for TV mogul Aaron Spelling at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, Calif. In attendance were Spelling's widow Candy, son Randy, daughter Tori and brother Danny, publicist Kevin Sasaki tells the Associated Press.

Spelling, who produced hits ranging from The Mod Squad in the '60s to today's 7th Heaven, passed away Friday in his mansion near Beverly Hills. He was 83. The cause of death was complications from a stroke he had suffered June 18.

"Our extreme sadness and grief is comforted by the overwhelming number of heartfelt calls we have received," Candy and Randy Spelling said in a statement released earlier by Sasaki. "We are truly grateful for the outpouring of love and sympathy expressed by so many friends and colleagues who knew Aaron. Our family is truly appreciative of everyone's love and support."

Actors who worked with Spelling also shared their memories. "He was undoubtedly the greatest producer of popular television during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s," Joan Collins, who starred in Spelling's hit Dynasty, said Monday. "I shall always be grateful to him for insisting I play the role of Alexis Carrington on Dynasty."

Heather Locklear, whose mid-series casting in Spelling's Melrose Place gave the show renewed buzz, said Monday she was sad to hear of Spelling's death. "He called me his lucky penny," she said, "but I am the lucky one because he graced me with his encouragement and talent."

Spelling's actress daughter Tori made peace with her father before his death. "I'm grateful I recently had the opportunity to reconcile with my father," she told PEOPLE, "and most grateful we had the chance to tell each other we loved one another before he passed away.

"It's a true blessing to have had a parent that loved me unconditionally. He had a heart as big as his talent and today, along with many others, I mourn his loss. He was a great man and even better father."

I never heard anything about this! :inshock did anyone else, and I'm just late finding out?

I read it in the paper on Monday....

I had heard he had a stroke, but they had orginally said he was fine. Then the next thing I hear is that he died.

It was actually posted last week somewhere here on the boards! Thanks for updating us though!:thumbsup

It was actually posted last week somewhere here on the boards! Thanks for updating us though!:thumbsup

I kind of thought someone would have already posted it but I couldn't find it. :hehe

there wasnt very much out about this- someone mentioned it so casually yesterday at work and i had no idea.

yea someone posted last weekend about it...very sad to me. :( I'm kinda shocked because I knew Tori got married recently AGAIN(I actually do like her just don't like the multi-marriage hollywood) but did not know here and her dad were on bad terms :( how sad

OMG.....I never heard this..........WOW........where have I been???? Usually I am on top of the news.

The sad part is that she found out in a bad way. Her mother never called her to tell her he died, she was on bad terms with her mom not her dad. A couple days before he died she talked to him and he told her he loved her. Then like 3 days after he died she got a text message from a friend saying "I just found out your dad died, I'm so sorry"....that's how she found out her dad was dead

The sad part is that she found out in a bad way. Her mother never called her to tell her he died, she was on bad terms with her mom not her dad. A couple days before he died she talked to him and he told her he loved her. Then like 3 days after he died she got a text message from a friend saying "I just found out your dad died, I'm so sorry"....that's how she found out her dad was dead

:sadeyes That is AWFUL!! I had no idea there was stuff like that going on...how mean of her mother not to tell her about her own father, it should not have mattered what kind of problems they were having, that's so wrong.:mad :(