Charlie Chaplin
Born
Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp, bowler hat, cane and flower in hand, on the Quai Perdonnet in Vevey, Switzerland. British sculptor John Doubleday made the bronze, which has stood on the lakeside promenade since 1982. Vevey honors him as a neighbor: barred from returning to the United States in 1952, Chaplin settled with his family at the Manoir de Ban in nearby Corsier-sur-Vevey and spent the rest of his life there.
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