Editing Cantinflas (section)

== Death ==
A lifelong smoker, Cantinflas died of lung cancer on 20 April 1993 in Mexico City. Thousands appeared on a rainy day for his funeral. The ceremony was a national event, lasting three days. He was honored by many heads of state and the United States Senate, which held a moment of silence for him. His ashes lay at the crypt of the Moreno Reyes family, in the ''Panteón Español'' ("Spanish Cemetery") in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/cultura/2011/8/12/recuerdan-cantinflas-en-el-panteon-espanol-90700.html|title=Recuerdan a 'Cantinflas' en el Panteón Español|access-date=2022-05-26|language=es |trans-title=Cantinflas remembered at the Spanish Cemetery}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2011/08/12/recuerdan-a-cantinflas-en-panteon-espanol|title= Recuerdan a Cantinflas en Panteón Español |date= 12 August 2011 |access-date=2022-05-26|language=es |trans-title=Cantinflas remembered at the Spanish Cemetery}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laopinion.com/2018/08/08/profanan-la-tumba-de-cantinflas-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico/|title=Profanan la tumba de "Cantinflas" en la Ciudad de México|date=8 August 2018 |access-date=2022-05-26|language=es |trans-title=Cantinflas tomb defiled}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2021/12/10/carmen-salinas-panteon-espanol-el-lugar-donde-reposaran-los-restos-de-la-querida-actriz-361339.html|title=Carmen Salinas: Spanish Cemetery, beloved actress final resting place|access-date=2022-05-26|date=2021-12-10}}</ref>

A 20-year legal battle followed between Mario Moreno Ivanova, Cantinflas' son and heir to his estate, and the actor's blood nephew Eduardo Moreno Laparade over the control of 34 films made by Cantinflas. The nephew claimed his uncle gave him a written notice, Moreno Ivanova argued that he was the direct heir of Cantinflas and that the rights belonged to him. In 2014, Eduardo Moreno Laparade won the rights at the Mexican Supreme Court to 39 films and the name.<ref>{{cite web|language=es|url=https://peopleenespanol.com/article/tras-21-anos-de-pleito-el-sobrino-de-cantinflas-gana-juicio-por-los-derechos-del-actor|title=Tras 21 años de pleito, el sobrino de Cantinflas gana juicio por los derechos del actor}}</ref> 
At the same time, there was another legal battle between [[Columbia Pictures]] and Moreno Ivanova over control of these films. Columbia claimed that it had bought the rights to the 34 films four decades earlier, although the court noted several discrepancies in the papers. Moreno Ivanova wanted the rights to the films to remain his, and more generally Mexico's, as a national treasure. On 2 June 2001 the eight-year battle was resolved with Columbia retaining ownership over the 34 disputed films.<ref name="legal">{{cite web|title=Columbia gains ownership of films|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/coa/memdispo.nsf/0/c5504f8da687fc8888256f4300022bfb/$FILE/02-56222.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218195640/http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/coa/memdispo.nsf/0/c5504f8da687fc8888256f4300022bfb/%24FILE/02-56222.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2008|access-date=28 January 2006}}</ref>