WHO WOULD BELIEVE WHAT AN ICONIC FIGURE HE WOULD BECOME?

He was destined to become a worldwide icon through his screen persona and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned all of 75 years, from his impoverished childhood in the Victorian era until just one year before his death in 1977. His acting career encompassed both controversy and adulation. He is of course none other than Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), Charlie Chaplin, an English comic actor, composer, and filmmaker, who rose to fame in the “silent movie era.

Sir Charles Chaplin died on Christmas day, on December 25, 1977, in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. He died of a stroke in his sleep, at the age of 88. On March 1, 1978, in keeping with his hilarious antics, in life, his body was stolen by a small group of Swiss people who were trying to extort money from Chaplin’s family.