5 7 , ▁and ▁long time ▁friend ▁Bob ▁Ch atter ton ▁said ▁Hard y ▁we ighed ▁just ▁ ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death . ▁Hard y ▁was ▁laid ▁to ▁rest ▁at ▁Pier ce ▁Brothers ' ▁Val hal la ▁Memorial ▁Park , ▁North ▁Hollywood . ▁Following ▁Hard y ' s ▁death , ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ' s ▁films ▁were ▁returned ▁to ▁movie ▁the aters ▁as ▁cli ps ▁of ▁their ▁work ▁were ▁featured ▁in ▁Robert ▁Young son ' s ▁silent - film ▁compilation ▁The ▁Golden ▁Age ▁of ▁Com edy . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁remaining ▁eight ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁Stan ▁La ure l ▁refused ▁to ▁perform ▁and ▁even ▁turned ▁down ▁Stanley ▁K ram er ' s ▁offer ▁of ▁a ▁came o ▁in ▁his ▁land mark ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁movie ▁It ' s ▁a ▁Mad , ▁Mad , ▁Mad , ▁Mad ▁World . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁La ure l ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁special ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁his ▁contributions ▁to ▁film ▁comedy ▁but ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁ceremony , ▁due ▁to ▁poor ▁health , ▁and ▁actor ▁D anny ▁K aye ▁accepted ▁the ▁award ▁for ▁him . ▁Despite ▁not ▁appearing ▁on ▁screen ▁after ▁Hard y ' s ▁death , ▁La ure l ▁did ▁contribute ▁g ags ▁to ▁several ▁comedy ▁film m akers . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁communication ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁written ▁correspond ence ▁and ▁he ▁ins isted ▁on ▁personally ▁answering ▁every ▁fan ▁letter . ▁Late ▁in ▁life , ▁he ▁hosted ▁visitors