Sarah Bernhardt's Obituary in the International Herald Tribune, March 27, 1923:

PARIS ­ Sarah Bernhardt is dead at age 78. Last night [March 26], the famous actress passed away peacefully. At her bedside, four doctors were struggling against hope to retain the spark of life, so that she might be able to complete the cinema film which was intended to be the precursor of her ''final farewell tour.'' Only Sarah Bernhardt' s tremendous vitality explains her long battle against death. Kidney disease, which began ten years ago, threatened her life two years later. Yesterday morning she turned to one of her doctors and said: ''Even if I leave, I have done my duty, and the world will not forget.'"

Photo: Sarah Bernhardt