In December 1965, W. Somerset Maugham fell at his villa in Cape Ferrat, near Nice, France. He then suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. He was taken to a hospital in Nice, where he died. His official death date is December 16, 1965, although some biographers state that he died on December 15. After he died, his body was taken back to his villa in order to bypass a French law that required an autopsy for any death occurring in a hospital. His secretary then announced that Maugham died at home on December 16.
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