About 80 of Burt Reynolds’ friends and relatives shared memories of the late actor at a private memorial service.

Reynolds’ ex-wife Loni Anderson and their son Quinton Anderson Reynolds were among the speakers at the service on Thursday at Quattlebaum Funeral Home in North Palm Beach, Florida, a family spokeswoman, Cheryl Kagan, told The Associated Press.

Reynolds died aged 82 on September 6 at a hospital in Jupiter, Florida.

A death certificate issued on September 10 that was obtained by Entertainment Tonight said that he had already been cremated.

Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson
Burt Reynolds holds hands with Loni Anderson (Bob Galbraith/AP)

Neither family nor officials have disclosed a cause of death.

Bobby Bowden, former longtime American football coach at Florida State University, where Reynolds was a player, opened the service with a prayer and went on to tell stories from throughout the actor’s life.

Anderson, who had a famously difficult divorce from Reynolds, shared happier moments from their 12 years together, calling their son Quinton their “greatest collaboration”.

Other guests included Lee Corso, the football analyst who was a teammate and roommate of Reynolds in college, and former NCAA and NFL quarterback Doug Flutie.