Video: 'Charlie Chaplin - Full Length Biography (Documentary)'

(Sunday, December 25, 1977, 4:00 a.m. CET) — Charlie Chaplin, the poignant little tramp with the cane and comic walk who almost single handedly elevated the novelty entertainment medium of motion pictures into art, died today at his home in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, after suffering a stroke in his sleep.

Chaplin was 88 years old.