ACTRESS and television presenter Lynda Bellingham, who lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, will be buried in Somerset

The 66-year-old announced she had decided to stop treatment for colon cancer earlier this month to take control over the end of her life.

She was best known from her role as mum in the long-running Oxo television adverts and more recently as a panellist on ITV's Loose Women.

She leaves behind her husband Michael Pattemore, from Crewkerne, and will be buried in the town's cemetery where Michael has booked a plot for the pair.

Lynda published her final months living with cancer in her book There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You, which will launch next week.

In her memoirs, she writes: “Does one choose a funeral with hymns and prayers that suit only the deceased? Surely part of the mourning process is for the loved ones left behind? Should they not be allowed some say?

“Michael thinks it would be great for our friend Peter Delaney, the vicar who married us, to come down to Somerset - Michael's old stomping ground and a place we love - and conduct the service there.

“I say: 'I wouldn't expect everyone to have to come all the way down here to pay their respects. I want a tribute, or something that is nice and handy and anyone who fancies coming in and saying goodbye can do so easily, not have to get on a train for three hours.'

“We have reached a compromise, I think, and there will be a service in Somerset and a knees-up in London. So if you are passing, do drop in for a quick boogie.”