Thirty years later he was very popular. Everyone wanted to meet him. He had become almost a royal figure in the bright new world of the cinema—Charlie Chaplin, the king of comedy. Chaplin’s life was an adventure. He was born in London, England, in 1889, to parents who were both music-hall performers. His father’s death from drinking too much and his mother’s illness left him in poverty for most of his childhood. However, Chaplin didn’t get lost in the poverty. In fact, he had set a goal for himself at a young age: to become the most famous person in the world. When Chaplin was five years old, his mother suddenly lost her voice during a performance and had to leave the stage. To help his mother, little Chaplin went on and sang a well-known song at that time. When he was singing, a shower of money poured onto the stage. Chaplin stopped and told the audience he would pick up the money first and then finish the song. The audience laughed. This was only the first of millions of laughs in Chaplin’s legendary career. 2. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?