Editing Charles Laughton (section)

==Death==
[[File:Charles Laughton 1899-1962 Actor lived here 1928-1931.jpg|thumb|[[English Heritage]] [[blue plaque]] erected in 1992 at 15 Percy Street, London commemorating Charles Laughton]]

Laughton checked in to [[Cedars of Lebanon Hospital]] in July 1962 with what was described as a [[Spinal disc herniation|ruptured disc]].<ref name=varobit>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Obituaries|date=19 December 1962|page=67}}</ref> He had surgery for the [[Vertebral compression fracture|collapse of a vertebra]] and it was revealed he had cancer of the spine.<ref name=nytap>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=17 December 1962|page=15|title=Charles Laughton Is Dead at 63; Character Actor For 3 Decades|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/17/archives/charles-laughton-is-dead-at-63-character-actor-for-3-decades.html|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> He left the hospital at the end of November.<ref name=nytap/> He was in a coma for some time and died at home on 15 December 1962 from [[renal cancer]] and [[bladder cancer]].<ref name=nytap/><ref>{{cite news|title=Charles Laughton Dies at 63|url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/dailynews/id/40422|access-date=29 August 2017|agency=Associated Press|publisher=The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.)|date=17 December 1962}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Widow of Charles Laughton Had Many Talents : Actress Elsa Lanchester Dies at 84|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-27-mn-730-story.html|access-date=29 August 2017|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=27 December 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Callow|first1=Simon|title=Charles Laughton: dazzling player of monsters, misfits and kings|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9700251/Charles-Laughton-dazzling-player-of-monsters-misfits-and-kings.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9700251/Charles-Laughton-dazzling-player-of-monsters-misfits-and-kings.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=29 August 2017|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 November 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His ashes were interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)]].<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 26892-26893). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition</ref>