Editing Charlie Chaplin (section)

====Death====
[[File:Charles Chaplin Grave in Corsier-sur-Vevey.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Chaplin's grave in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland]]

By October 1977, Chaplin's health had declined to the point that he needed constant care.{{sfn|Robinson|p=629}} In the early morning of [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] 1977, Chaplin died at home after having a stroke in his sleep.<ref name="EugeneChaplin"/> He was 88 years old. The funeral, on 27 December, was a small and private [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] ceremony, according to his wishes.{{sfn|Vance|2003|p=359}}{{efn|Despite asking for an Anglican funeral, Chaplin appeared to be agnostic. In his autobiography he wrote, "I am not religious in the dogmatic sense{{spaces}}... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything{{spaces}}... My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that{{spaces}}... in the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good."{{sfn|Chaplin|p=287}}}} Chaplin was interred in the Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery.{{sfn|Robinson|p=629}} Among the film industry's tributes, director [[René Clair]] wrote, "He was a monument of the cinema, of all countries and all times{{spaces}}... the most beautiful gift the cinema made to us."{{sfn|Robinson|p=631}} Actor [[Bob Hope]] declared, "We were lucky to have lived in his time."{{sfn|Robinson|p=632}} Chaplin left more than $100 million to his widow.<ref name="hattenstone20210621">{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Hattenstone |date=21 June 2021|title='I am very shy. It's amazing I became a movie star': Leslie Caron at 90 on love, art and addiction |newspaper=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/21/i-am-very-shy-its-amazing-i-became-a-movie-star-leslie-caron-at-90-on-love-art-and-addiction |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref>

On 1 March 1978, Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave by Roman Wardas and Gantcho Ganev. The body was held for [[ransom]] in an attempt to extort money from his widow, Oona Chaplin. The pair were caught in a large police operation in May, and Chaplin's coffin was found buried in a field in the nearby village of [[Noville, Switzerland|Noville]]. It was re-interred in the Corsier cemetery in a reinforced concrete vault.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20507503 |title=Yasser Arafat: 10 Other People Who Have Been Exhumed |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=27 November 2012 |publisher=BBC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127151521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20507503 |archive-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>{{sfn|Robinson|pp=629–631}}