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 at the Mass as "a fine member of his church, strong in his faith" by Father J. P. Concannon. His active pallbearers included Andy Clyde, Billy Bevan, James Finlayson, and Charlie Murray.
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