Fantasy Island star's ashes thrown at sea

THERE will be no funeral for the late Fantasy Island actor Herve Villechaize, who asked instead that his body be cremated and his ashes distributed at sea, his spokesman said.

Villechaize, who committed suicide on Saturday aged 50, had said he wanted to allow a doctor specialising in dwarfism to study his remains before cremation, publicist David Brokaw said. He did not want a memorial service.

Villechaize made his wishes known in conversations with his longtime companion, Kathy Self. The actor died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.