Jade Goody

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Thousands of fans and well-wishers gathered outside an English church about 20 miles northeast of London to pay their final respects to U.K. reality TV star Jade Goody on Saturday.

Like the final weeks before her death, which was lived much in the public eye, Goody's funeral service was broadcast on huge TV screens for her fans.

Her casket began its journey in Bermondsey, South London, at about 8.30 a.m., with the procession crossing historic Tower Bridge before heading north to her home of Upshire, Essex.


Her Legacy
Her friend and publicist Max Clifford earlier today told reporters, "It's a sad day. She was just a young woman." But Clifford also focused on Goody's achievements in her short life.

"She will save an awful lot of lives because of her stand on cervical cancer," he said. "That in itself is going to be Jade's legacy. She hasn't been here long but she's achieved an awful lot."

Goody, 27, died on March 22 after losing her highly publicized battle with cervical cancer.

Her husband, Jack Tweed was one of six pallbearers carrying the white coffin into St John's Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, soon after it arrived at noon.

Outside, well wishers watched and listened as Tweed, 21, faltering at times, read a poem in dedication to his late wife.

"My life will never be the same without you by my side," he recited. "Grief almost too much to bear and difficult to hide."

Leading the mourners was Goody's mom Jackiey Budden. The star's sons Bobby, 5, and Freddy, 4, were not at the ceremony after being taken on a trip to Australia with their father, TV presenter Jeff Brazier.

Her coffin left the church to the sounds of pop songs including the Beatles' "Let It Be" for a private burial service.

Goody's story will not end here. Later this spring, a cancer diary she has called a love letter to her sons will be published.

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Jade Goody has died but she certainly won't be forgotten. Next up for the late British reality star is a possible place in London's premier wax museum.

"As far as we know the people at Madame Tussauds are thinking about it," Goody's rep, Max Clifford, confirms to PEOPLE. "Although there have been reports that it was Jade's dying wish to be immortalized in wax, that's not true. But Jade would have loved to know she made it into the museum, and her family would be delighted too."

A rep for Madame Tussauds did not return calls.

Goody, 27, died March 22 after battling cervical cancer. She was buried in a white coffin east of London on April 4 by husband Jack Tweedy, 21, and her family, after a procession watched by thousands.

"Her family have only one stipulation about her model," says Clifford about any prospective wax likeness. "She will need to be smiling."

Meanwhile, Clifford confirms that plans are afoot to make Goody's colorful life into a biopic. "I am in Marbella, Spain, today and meeting several producers who are flying in to discuss a film deal," Clifford told PEOPLE on Friday. "There has been such huge interest around the world about Jade that a film is looking likely. Simon Cowell has even been ringing me from Los Angeles about her."

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It was an emotional visit to Jade Goody's grave for her husband Jack Tweed on Saturday. Accompanied by two pals, Tweed struggled to maintain his composure as he left flowers and a large Easter egg next to the cross marking her plot in Essex, England.

"Jack is finding it very hard and is doing everything he can to be as close to Jade as possible," Goody's rep, Max Clifford, tells PEOPLE. "Jack's close friends have been very supportive of him as well."

Mom-of-two Goody, 27, died March 22 after losing her battle with cervical cancer. Her funeral procession on April 4 was watched by thousands of people. And Goody was buried beneath a simply wood cross with brass plaque.

"It is difficult for Jack. Remember, he is only a 21-year-old and a lot went on over the last few weeks," says Clifford. "There was his wedding, the christening and then Jade died. At the moment Jack is taking one day at a time and he will probably be like that for a long time to come."

It was revealed Friday that plans are afoot for Goody, who rose to fame after appearing in Britain's Big Brother, to be immortalized in a waxwork. Tweed meanwhile could be headed to jail when he is sentenced in an assault case next Thursday.