Mel Brooks held a private memorial for his late wife Anne Bancroft at New York´s St James Theater on Monday (June 27, 2005).
The actress, most famous for her role in ´The Graduate´, died earlier this month (June 5) after a battle with uterine cancer. She was 73.
Around a hundred guests attended the memorial, including singer PAUL SIMON, who played an acoustic version of Mrs. Robinson, written for The Graduate.
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick - who appeared in Brooks´ production of ´The Producers´ on Broadway and in the upcoming movie version - were also in attendance.
At the end of the service, Brooks joked, ´If any of you are grieving,keep it to yourself. I don´t want to hear it.´
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