Charlie Chaplin in Kobe in 1932 伝説に彩られた「ありふれた人」とハリウッドのスーパースターのチャーリー・チャップリン氏は、間一髪のところで神戸での暗殺を逃れました

In 3D, so they say! Looking happy. Before they tried to assassinate him, that is.　Well, they thought about it, anyway.

You can read about that here:
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五・一五事件の前日にはイギリスの喜劇俳優のチャールズ・チャップリンが来日し、事件当日に犬養と面会する予定であった。チャップリンが思いつきで相撲観戦に出掛けた為難を逃れたが、「日本に退廃文化を流した元凶」として、首謀者の間でチャップリンの暗殺が画策されていた。これには米英の日本に対する態度を硬化させる狙いが陸軍にあったと云われている。

Charlie had an interesting death as well as an interesting life. On March 1, 1978, some 46 years after the above picture was taken in Kobe, his body was stolen from his Swiss grave 'by a small group of Polish and Bulgarian mechanics'. When they recovered Charlie, they put him under six feet of concrete to make sure it wouldn't happen again.
That's the Swiss for you.
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Gone but not forgotten. Not least in Japan, where he reminds users of the Tokyo Subway Transit System to mind their manners.

The above is from Tokyo-based British designer Phil Couzens' very nice blog. You can find that here: http://philcouzens.wordpress.com/