Ben Turpin [SEP] cause of death
-eyed face served as a joke punchline. He was paid his $1000 for one quick shot of his face and just 16 words of dialogue. Death prevented his scheduled appearance in Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator".
Death.
Ben Turpin died July 1, 1940 of a heart attack and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, following a Requiem Mass at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. He was eulogized as "a fine member of his church
Ben Turpin at Virtual History
- "BEN TURPIN: The Rear Guard of Saxicolous Wayfarers of Cinematic Finitude"
- Mr. Flip available for free download from Internet Archive
- Ben Turpin on the cover of "Life" magazine, posthumously(9 years after his death), September 5 1949
- Turpin in "The Florodora Boys" skit (at 3:45), speaking a verse and performing his signature somersault