Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland || Cemetary

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On 11 January 1941 Joyce underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer. While he at first improved, he relapsed the following day and despite several transfusions fell into a coma. Joyce awoke at 2 a.m. on 13 January and asked for a nurse to call his wife and son before losing consciousness again. They were still on their way when Joyce died 15 minutes later.
(13 January 1941)

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Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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Thursday 2nd of March 1978 (x) — The coffin of Actor and film director Charles Chaplin is stolen from the cemetary.
In May 1978 24-year-old Roman Wardas from Poland and 38-year-old Gancho Ganev from Bulgaria demanded a ransom of $600.000 in return for the coffin. Oona Chaplin refused to deal with them saying "My husband is in heaven and in my heart". The thieves were arrested and the coffin was found buried in a nearby cornfield.