It will be a private event for family and close family friends only, but the service will be live-streamed below.

 

Watts, who appeared on South African TV screens on Sunday evenings for 35 years on Carte Blanche, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, 22 August.

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He was diagnosed with skin cancer last year, which had reportedly spread to his lungs.

He was 74.