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-On May 8, 1979, Hitch closed his office at the Universal Film Company.

-When Hitch left, Lew ordered a painting to be done on the building that represented Hitch.

-Stopping his career was a devastating moment of Hitch’s life. He wanted to convince himself that he still had the health and energy to continue but it soon became obvious that Hitch a reached the end of the road. ‘I can’t retire. I have no hobbies. What would I do?’

-When the Alma and Hitch were living in the old age, many interests faded. Alma stopped working in the garden. It didn’t seem to mean that much to her anymore.

-Chasens, their favourite restaurant had taken the liberty of delivering meals to Hitch’s home, in appreciation for their interest in their restaurant.

-Hitch never won an Oscar for directing but in 1968 he received the Irving Thalberg Award as a producer. At the academy awards ceremony, Hitch stepped up to the microphone. His speech was ‘Thank you”

-1980, the British-American Chamber of Commerce announced Hitch as Man of the year. Ronald Neame presented this award to Hitch in Los Angeles.

-Alfred Hitchcock died on April 29, 1980 in the morning. His funeral was at the Church of the Good Shepard in Beverly Hills. He was cremated as wished. His ashes were scattered off the coast in the Pacific Ocean.

-Alma Hitchcock lived 2 years longer than her husband. Her life was boring with Hitch’s company but she enjoyed some warm moments when Pat and her family came to visit. She died July 6, 1982. Her funeral was at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Westwood. Like her husband, she was cremated and had her ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

-Pat had 3 daughters and a granddaughter Melissa who died at the age of 24. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis before she reached the age of 2. Pat’s family and grandchildren opened up a cystic fibrosis charity in memory of Melissa.

-Hitch and Alma agreed that they felt old when they couldn’t travel anymore. They wanted to go to St. Moritz during Christmas, but they both felt that it was a bad idea after all. As Hitch described it “The worst thing, you know, is when you can’t go back to a place where you have always been happy because you are afraid that if you go back, you wont’ be happy—not because the place has changed, but because you have changed.’p. 421

‘Personally I have preferred to live an ordinary, uncluttered life, doing my chores, which was making moves. The Chinese have proverb to the effect that an interesting life is better not lived. I like to make films about the man-on-the-spot, not to be him.’