Guest farewelled at 'sombre' funeral (AAP)

Entertainer Rob Guest has been farewelled at a "sombre" private funeral in Sydney ahead of a public memorial event in Melbourne on Monday. Friends and family gathered at St Peter's Presbyterian Church in North Sydney on Friday for the service to farewell Guest, who died last week aged 58. It was followed by a private burial. One mourner, who did not wish to be named, said it was a very private affair. "It was a packed church, very sombre," he said. "And nobody that went is happy to talk about it because it was a very private and moving affair." Kellie Dickerson, Guest's partner of 10 years, is understood to have been among the mourners, as was his publicist Suzie Howie, who worked with the star for 20 years. Guest, who was best known for playing the lead in the hit production of Phantom of the Opera for most of the 90s, died... [read full story]