United Kingdom, Nov. 24 -- Dame Joanna Lumley does not want a "memorial service" after she dies.

The 79-year-old actress - who turns 80 on May 1, 2026 - is "conscious of growing older", and does not fear thinking about death.

Despite insisting she does not want a ceremony that celebrates her life, Joanna's 71-year-old husband, conductor Stephen Barlow, told her it will be his and her son Jamie's decision to honour her wish, because she will be gone.

Joanna told the new issue of Britain's HELLO! magazine: "One's conscious of growing older. And, therefore, I've got a lovely piece by Samuel Johnson, written in 1770, saying, 'I'm an old man now, so hope I get through the year and granted the grace to behave properly.'

"It's that general f...