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A private memorial service for mother and daughter will take place Thursday.

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Screen icon Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, "Star Wars" legend Carrie Fisher, are to be buried side by side among numerous stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, U.S. media reported Tuesday.

ABC News said a private memorial service limited to family and close friends would take place on Thursday.

Reynolds's son Todd Fisher told ABC's "20/20" on Friday he was planning a joint service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills with the help of Billie Lourd, his niece and Carrie Fisher's daughter.

Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher pose in the press room at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

The Hollywood Reporter quoted a family source as confirming there would also be an event at the Beverly Hills compound where Reynolds and Fisher were neighbours.

"I'm not sure what they're calling it — a funeral or a wake — but it will be Thursday at the house," the source said.

"It will be exactly what they both wanted, to be together."

The family is understood to be discussing a public memorial, although no plans have been announced.

Other celebrities laid to rest at Forest Lawn include Bette Davis, Reynolds's onscreen mother in "A Catered Affair" (1956), and Reynolds's close friend Liberace.

Debbie Reynolds holding her daughter, Carrie Fisher, 1959. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Silent film star Buster Keaton, Oscar-winning Rod Steiger and David Carrandine, the star of "Kung Fu" and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films, are also buried there.

Reynolds, who tap-danced her way into American hearts as a star of "Singin' in the Rain," died on Wednesday last week, a day after daughter Carrie Fisher's death.

The 84-year-old suffered a stroke at the Beverly Hills compound as she was making funeral arrangements for Fisher, who had suffered a heart attack.

"She didn't die of a broken heart. She just left to be with Carrie," Todd Fisher told "20/20."

American actress Debbie Reynolds with her daughter Carrie Fisher, 1972. (Photo by Dove/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Fisher, who catapulted to worldwide stardom as rebel warrior Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, died in Los Angeles four days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight. She was 60.

Lourd opened up on Monday about losing her mother and grandmother just a day apart, telling her Instagram followers their prayers and kind words had given her strength "during a time I thought strength could not exist."

"There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me," the 24-year-old wrote.

"Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds," a documentary about Reynolds's at-times rocky relationship with her daughter, premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival and is due to air on HBO on Saturday.

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Circa 1956, American actor and singer Debbie Reynolds smiles and holds her infant daughter, Carrie Fisher. (credit:Jack Albin/Getty Images)

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Circa 1957: Family studio portrait of married American singer/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds with their daughter Carrie Fisher. (credit:Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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CIRCA 1957: Debbie Reynolds attends an event with daughter Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles,CA. (credit:Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher during Debbie Reynolds sighting at the Town Hall, New York City for the School Benefit at Town Hall - November 6, 1972 at Town Hall, New York City in New York City, New York, United States. (credit:Ron Galella/WireImage)

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12th February 1972: Debbie Reynolds with her daughter Carrie Fisher. (credit:Dove/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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13th March 1973: Debbie Reynolds smiles with her children, actor Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, as they attend the opening night party for the Broadway musical revival 'Irene,' in which Reynolds starred, New York City. (credit:Tim Boxer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Debbie Reynolds and son, filmmaker Todd Fisher, and daughter, screenwriter Carrie Fisher, arrive at a luncheon hosted by the American Film Institute. (credit:Reuters Photographer / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds with Carrie Fisher backstage of The Shrine Audition. (credit:Ron Wolfson/Getty Images)

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Meryl Streep, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher attend the 'Postcards from the Edge' Century City Premiere on September 10, 1990 at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas in Century City, California. (credit:Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

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Debbie Reynolds poses with her daughter Carrie Fisher after Reynolds' star in the live theatre and stage category was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during ceremonies January 13, 1997. (credit:Getty)

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Debbie Reynolds holds the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy for a Female which she received at the 11th annual American Comedy Awards in Los Angeles, February 9, 1997. (credit:Fred Prouser / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher during 11th Annual American Comedy Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. (credit:Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

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Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher. (credit:Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)

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Carrie Fisher and her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, pose as they arrive for Elizabeth Taylor's 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton in Lake Las Vegas, in Henderson, Nevada February 27, 2007. (credit:Steve Marcus / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher arrive at the premiere of HBO's documentary 'Wishful Drinking' at Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Study on December 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Michael Caulfield/WireImage)

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Carrie Fisher (nd her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, arrive for Dame Elizabeth Taylor's 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on February 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada. (credit:Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher, her mother Debbie Reynolds and daughter Billie Lourd arrive at The Paley Center For Media & TCM Present Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia Exhibit Reception on June 7, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit:Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds at The Paley Center For Media & TCM Present Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia Exhibit Reception on June 7, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit:Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds attend the press preview reception for her final Hollywood Motion Picture Collection Auction at Debbie Reynolds's Dance Studio on May 14, 2014 in North Hollywood, California. (credit:Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher attend the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on September 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

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Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher arrive at the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 10, 2011. (credit:Danny Moloshok / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds poses with her daughter Carrie Fisher backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015. (credit:Mike Blake / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds gets a kiss from Carrie Fisher as she poses backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015. (credit:Mike Blake / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds poses backstage with her granddaughter Billie Lourd and daughter Carrie Fisher at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015. (credit:Mike Blake / Reuters)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher pose in the press room at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jason LaVeris via Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd pose in the press room at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jason LaVeris via Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd pose at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher pose in the press room at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jason LaVeris via Getty Images)

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Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd pose at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Getty Images)

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