Few remember it, but 47 years ago, a great name in cinema died on Christmas Day while he slept and surrounded by his large family.

On Christmas Day 1977 the world of cinema said goodbye to its greatest icons. The artist was accompanied by his large family when he died

THE Christmas 1977 was a time of mourning for a’s family great name in cinema and who revolutionized the seventh art. In the early hours of December 25 of that year, the actor, director, composer and screenwriter died at the age of 88 in his villa in Switzerland. Decades later, the English artist’s legacy lives on, which includes a trials starring the Brazilian actor decades after his death.

We’re talking about Charles Spencer Chaplincreator of Vagabundo Carlitos. At the time of his death, the director was accompanied by his then wife, eight children (he had 11 in total) and seven grandchildren. The artist’s personal doctor attributed his death to old age.

“He was gradually losing strength,” he explained. “He died peacefully in his sleep,” added his widow, Oona O’Neill (who died in 1991), the newspaper “O Globo” reported. It was the night of Christmas Eve when the family was warned by the doctor that it would probably be the last of Charles Chaplin, decorated in 1975 as “Knight of the Realm” by Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022).

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Weak, with problems with speech, hearing, vision and mobility (used a wheelchair for two years)the actor left home by car every morning with his wife to go to the newsstand. It was then Oona’s turn to read the news to her husband, who had lost a son, Charles, the eldest, in 1968.

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