Celebrities "choose" to die at home.

On July 27, 2003, Bob Hope died at his home in Toluca Lake at 9:28 p.m. According to one of Hope's daughters, when asked on his deathbed where he wanted to be buried, he told his wife, "Surprise me."

Charlton Heston dies at home, with his wife at his side, April 5, 2008.

Walter Chronkite, longtime news anchor, died at his New York home on July 18, 2009.

Senator Edward Kennedy died in his home August 25, 2009.

Patrick Swayze dies at his ranch, with his wife at his side, September 14, 2009.

Soupy Sales died in hospice care October 22, 2009.

Paul Newman's wish was to die at home, October, 2009.