Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977)

“Why not? After all, it belongs to him.”

Iconic silent movie star, in response to a priest who said ‘May the Lord have mercy on your soul.’ He died at his home on Christmas day after having a stroke in his sleep, aged 88.

Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980)

“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”

Final words of the movie director and master of suspense, who died at his home from kidney failure aged 80.