Last Wednesday we learned the sad news that former child star Corey Haim passed away at the all-too-young age of 38 and just yesterday we learned from Haim‘s mother that his cause of death *may* not be drug-related after all. Earlier today, Corey Haim was memorialized in a semi-private funeral in Toronto, Ontario where he, too, has been laid to rest:

Friends and family filled a Thornhill memorial chapel to capacity Tuesday for the funeral of actor Corey Haim, who died last week after years of drug addiction. The service was “very sad but with a lot of laughter,” said Maytal Kotler, a second cousin of Corey Feldman, who co-starred with Haim in the reality show The Two Coreys. Kotler said the Steeles Memorial Chapel was jammed with more than 200 people. Fans stood quietly outside on the chapel lawn in the late morning sunshine. Among them was Jennifer Matton, 35, who finished her shift as an emergency room nurse in Philadelphia and drove eight hours to Toronto to honour Haim. “I think I’m his number one fan,” she said. “I’ve loved him since I was 13. I’ve never done anything like this before, but when I found out he died, I was very sad.” Matton said she has four children and “a very understanding husband.” A long funeral cortege snaked out of the chapel grounds after the 45-minute service under the protection of police in seven patrol cars. Heather Leikan, 31, who met Haim and his mother in Toronto in 2001, said before the service she had come to pay her respects. “He made nothing a secret but he also didn’t have anything to apologize for,” she said. Haim, 38, shot to fame as a teen heartthrob in the 1980s movies License to Drive and The Lost Boys. He later struggled with well-publicized drug addiction and declared bankruptcy in 1997. His mother, Judy Haim, had been quoted on the Access Hollywood website as saying the city of Toronto would be “covering” the funeral costs of the Toronto-born and raised actor, who died Wednesday in Burbank, Calif., with an enlarged heart. A notice on a Haim fan MySpace page from Saturday said: “It appears that we may now have raised enough money to cover all the expenses of Corey’s funeral! Many thanks to all who donated!” Michael Kronick, who runs the Startifacts celebrity auction website, told the Star on Sunday that he would give Haim’s mother $20,000 as a gift to help with expenses from her son’s death. Feldman said Sunday he wouldn’t go to the funeral out of respect for the family’s wishes. “In the days following my best friend Corey Haim’s death, I have spent much time with his mother Judy, who has always been like a mother to me,” Feldman said in a statement. “I would love nothing more than to be by her side at Corey’s funeral, however due to their strong religious beliefs, and need for privacy, the family has decided to make Corey’s funeral on Tuesday a small, private affair.” Feldman said he will help plan a public memorial in L.A.

And so … Corey Haim is now resting in eternal slumber. It’s still very sad to think that he is gone from this world but at least his closest family and friends were able to say their final goodbyes today. It’s odd that Haim‘s BFF Corey Feldman wasn’t at the funeral today, despite his statement that he didn’t want to intrude on this “private” funeral … but his plans for a public memorial service next month will very likely be good for the large number of Haim‘s fans who are looking for a bit of closure. It is my sincere hope that Haim‘s family is able to find some solace in his memory today … and that Corey himself will finally be able to rest in peace.

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