Friends farewell Adriana

Adriana Xenides will be farewelled today by family and close friends at a small private funeral in the outer western Sydney suburb of Leppington.

The small service is in keeping with her wishes.

TV1 publicist and friend Michael Shephard said Xenides was a perfectionist at anything she undertook. said.

“She was kind of from another world. She was very old-world, in her own way she was always a bit aristocratic,” he told news.com.au.

“She was generous to a fault.”

Despite some headlines about a tragic end, Xenides had recently completed a TV hair and make-up course, but found it hard to find employment.

“When you are incredibly famous, people turn around and go, why would you want to work behind a counter?” he said.

“She applied for all these different jobs, but they would not give her a go.

“Despite all the things stacked up against her, she was just trying to get on with her life and move forward,” he said.

“She wasn’t a suicidal, desperate figure.”

Updated: Adriana Xenides was farewelled by family and friends to the strains of Candle In The Wind and the release of twelve white doves this afternoon.

The small chapel at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Leppington was packed despite the fact she had requested a private service by invitation only.

Source: Herald Sun, Adelaide Now, Daily Telegraph