Comedian Charlie Chaplin’s daughter Josephine Chaplin has died at the age of 74.
Her family confirmed her death, saying the actress died on July 13, 2023.
Variety, an American news outlet, reports that she has been survived by her three sons Julien Ronet, Arthur and Charlie and her siblings Michael, Victoria, Geraldine, Jane, Annette, Christopher and Eugene.
She was the third child among eight born to Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill’s couple. Josephine was born on March 28, 1949, and the actress his career when she was a toddler in her father’s Limelight in 1952.
Josephine was featured in several movies as an actress. The actress starred in an award-winning film of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s, The Canterbury Tales, in 1972.
In addition, she appeared on the big screen in L’odeur des Fauves of Richard Balducci, reports Mid-day.
In Menahem Golen’s 1972 drama Escape to the Sun, the Joesphine starred alongside Laurence Harvey.
The late daughter of Charlie Chaplin appeared in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy in 1984.
Later in 1988, she starred in the television mini-series Hemingway as Hadley Richardson.
A woman died in a head-on collision, but when they checked her phone and saw her Facebook page, they were speechless.
Police said a woman died in a head-on collision on a US highway right after updating her Facebook status and posting selfies.
The 32-year-old, Courtney Sanford, posted on her Facebook page at 8:33 on Thursday morning, saying, “The happy song makes me so HAPPY.” Police were called about the crash at 8:34 that same morning.
According to the officers, Ms. Sanford was driving alone when her car crossed the center line, crashed into a recycling truck, and caught fire. The collision caused the truck to be pushed off the road.
She was driving on Interstate 85 in North Carolina on her way to work. The police said there was no evidence that her speed, drug use, or alcohol was a factor in the crash.
The Facebook link wasn’t revealed until this past weekend, when her friends told the police that several of her online posts seemed to have been made around the same time as the accident.
Lt. Chris Weisner from the High Point Police Department said the crash was a real-life example of what happens when you text and drive, as reported by WGHP TV.
Lt. Weisner explained that Ms. Sanford had been taking selfies on the highway and updating her social media just before the crash.
He said, “In just a few seconds, a life was lost so she could tell her friends she was happy. It’s really not worth it.”
He added that, while it’s sad, it’s a serious reminder for everyone to stay focused while driving.
John Wallace Thompson, 73, was driving the truck involved in the crash and was not injured.
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