Stars Turn out For Dennis Hopper Funeral

The Oscar-nominated actor, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, died on Saturday at the age of 74.

Nicholson, who appeared with Hopper in Easy Rider, said: "It was a very singular relationship I had with him, like nobody else. We were soul mates in a way. I really miss him."

Mourners who attended the ceremony at the historic San Francisco de Asis church in Ranchos De Taos described it as" lovely", "tender" and "beautiful".

Hopper's son Henry Lee read from Walt Whitman's collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, during the service.Speaking afterwards to the Associated Press, he said: "You find something that you believe in and you really realize you've got to fight for it. Some people fight for a minute, but there are very, very few people in this world who fight from the day they're born to the day they go out. I would say Dennis was undoubtedly one of these people."