his last appearance on the stage was at covent garden on 15 march 1833, when he played in "othello. when saying "villain, be sure," in scene 3 of act iii, kean suddenly started crying in a stammered voice "o god, i am dying. speak to them, charles," fell unconscious into his son, charles kean's, arms. he died in surrey in 1833, and is honoured in the parish church where there is a memorial tablet on the floor, marking his grave and a wall plaque originally on the outside but moved inside and heavily restored during restoration work in 1904. he is buried in the parish church of all saints, in the village of catherington, hampshire. his last words were claimed to have been "dying is easy; comedy is hard." in dublin, gustavus vaughan brooke acted as william tell after kean's death.