But “A Charlie Chaplin Christmas” is further evidence of the explosive growth in original, Chicago-based physical theater. This is an impressive little show for 20 bucks.

After Chaplin’s Christmas Day death, at age 88, he made headlines about two months later when grave robbers stole his casket and demanded ransom for its return. 1868: Pardoning Confederate soldiers.

The two comics also talk about the inedible objects they wish they could eat and Ouija boards. Jeremiah Watkins and Hunter Hill on the Ghost of Charlie Chaplin and Legendarily Bad Christmas Gifts ...

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George Michael, Charlie Chaplin, James Brown, Dean Martin, ... On Christmas Day of that year, Charlie was found dead at the age of 88 after having a stroke in his sleep.

On 1 March 1978, Charlie Chaplin’s coffin disappeared. The filmmaker had been buried two months prior following his death on Christmas Day in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland .

Scott Eyman’s new biography “Charlie Chaplin vs. America” (Simon & Schuster, publishes Oct. 31) ... Born into poverty in 1889 London, Chaplin died on Christmas Day 1977.

Sony had canceled the Christmas Day release of The Interview, a comedy that depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... In 1918, Charlie Chaplin wrote, ...

George Michael, Charlie Chaplin, James Brown, Dean Martin, and Eartha Kitt are some of the most famous faces to have died on Christmas Day ...