Forbes

Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief at Forbes Media, said Lauder "lived life well, & his passing is the world's loss'."

Cobie Durant, Emmanuel Forbes Jr. and Josh Wallace are among others expected to play.

Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.7 billion at the time of his death.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the government had "engaged extensively" with the company in recent weeks in an attempt to mitigate the need for redundancies.

The musician was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in 1984, according to Forbes, when doctors found evidence that his brain damage was linked to his use of psychedelic drugs.