Funeral for Corey Haim

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LAID TO REST: Pallbearers carry the casket of actor Corey Haim from a memorial chapel in Toronto.

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US authorities released the 911 tape in actor Corey Haim's sudden death, as family gathered in his home town of Toronto for a private funeral service for the former teen movie star.

Corey Feldman, who was Haim's co-star in 1980s movies The Lost Boys and License to Drive, did not attend the funeral but released a statement remembering his friend, who died on March 10.

In the 911 tape, Haim's mother, Judy, called paramedics from a Los Angeles apartment last week to report her son was not breathing and that he had been feeling ill.

"He all of a sudden got out of bed," a distraught Judy Haim said in the tape.

"He wanted to go to the bathroom and he fell on the floor and I put him on the bed and then that was it."

Police have described Haim's death as an apparent prescription drug overdose, but an official cause of death still awaits toxicology results.

Haim's family and friends held a private funeral service for the star in Toronto, where the 38-year-old Canadian actor was born.

The procession left the Jewish funeral home to head to the burial site at 11:40am local time.

Feldman's second cousin Maytal Kotler told the Toronto Star newspaper the event was "very sad but with a lot of laughter".

Fan Jennifer Matton drove eight hours from Philadelphia to Toronto to show her support.

She said: "I think I'm his number one fan. 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."

The Toronto Star reported that about 200 relatives and friends attended, but Feldman was notably absent.

Feldman said in a statement on his website he stayed away to avoid bringing more media attention to the private service.

"I always feared this day would come, and often rehearsed how to face it," Feldman wrote.

"But once confronted with the reality of it, it's so much more painful than I could have ever imagined," he said.

Haim and Feldman starred together three years ago in reality TV series The Two Coreys.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has said his office is investigating a prescription drug ring linked to Haim's sudden death.

- Reuters