The genius of Charlie Chaplin in Switzerland
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In 2011, the Elysée museum in Lausanne received a collection of 10,000 photographs belonging to British comedian Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin died in 1977, aged 88, in Vevey, just a short distance from the museum. (All pictures courtesy of the Elysée museum.)
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