The GodFather is no more...Marlon Brando Dead!

[Rob]

Heard early reports this morning that Marlon Brando has passed away. It hasn't hit the AP wire yet because it is still early on the West Coast according to the reports.

Marlon Brando, Rest in Peace!

[eroswebmaster]

damn shame if true...read something the other day that said he was destitute.

[Tala]

If this is correct, then RIP Marlon.

[FuqALot]

Damn.

[JFK]

RIP Marlon

[RyanL]

You were listening to MJ huh..

[MattO]

Wow.. and he was such a picture of health, too.

[theking]

If true...sorry to hear this. He was a great "method" actor. On a lighter note...he was known as the "king of the mooners".

[jimmyf]

Originally posted by eroswebmaster
damn shame if true...read something the other day that said he was destitute.

yep it was on the news, he was 20 million in debt

[AnalProbe]

http://brando.crosscity.com/

[Rob]

Originally posted by AAA Ryan
You were listening to MJ huh..

[dennisthemenace]

respect.

[pornJester]

RIP

[Bansheelinks]

nothing on cnn, msnbc, drugde, foxnews.........smells like horseshit

[Steve]

Originally posted by jimmyf
yep it was on the news, he was 20 million in debt

He had his own fucking island! Why not decalre it a tax free haven?

[Rob]

Originally posted by Bansheelinks
nothing on cnn, msnbc, drugde, foxnews.........smells like horseshit

It could possibly be. I'm just reporting what I heard this morning from a very reputable news source.

[Paparazzi]

url?

[Bansheelinks]

It would have already been confirmed by now if true. Nothing on it on the major news outlets still so I think it must be bullshit.

[Frank The Tank]

i dont see it posted anywhere :/

[Rob]

The only link I could find so far --------------> Brando Dead at 80

[ldinternet]

Originally posted by basadmin
i dont see it posted anywhere :/

Did you check GFY?

[Martin]

Originally posted by MattO
Wow.. and he was such a picture of health, too.

haha yeah really.

[Orsm]

Originally posted by Steve
He had his own fucking island! Why not decalre it a tax free haven?

Wasn't that just a movie ? Island Of Dr Moreau or whatever ? Or did I miss the sarcasm ?

[ldinternet]

OK... it's on the news now.

[Corleone]

great actor..


RIP!

[axelcat]

rip

[Bansheelinks]

very sad to be wrong on this one........

Brando.......the greatest actor EVER.

[fudpuck]

RIP Brando rocked.

[StuartD]

Originally posted by ldinternet
OK... it's on the news now.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ndo/index.html

This really sucks... Ray Charles and now Marlon Brando. Legends are leaving us

RIP

[the real magoo]

RIP Brando
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Jul2.html

[Basic_man]

damn.....respect men and peace

[Sarah_Jayne]

know what films I am watching tonight.

[Paparazzi]

RIP Marlon Brando

[EviLGuY]

Its a sad day.. the first 2 godfather movies are still in my top 10 favorite films after all this time.

[Rob]

Although he hasn't none anything worthwhile in some time, he will be missed!

[DVTimes]

Screen legend Brando dies at 80

Screen legend Marlon Brando, famous for his roles in On the Waterfront and The Godfather, has died aged 80 in a Los Angeles hospital, his lawyer has said.
Brando, who had been ill for some time, was regarded as one of the pivotal actors of the post-war period.

He starred in more than 40 films, including Apocalypse Now, and won two best actor Oscars.

He is perhaps best known for his role as mafia leader Don Corleone in the 1972 classic The Godfather.

Brando's lawyer, David J Seeley, said the cause of death was being withheld and added that the actor "was a very private man".

Mr Seeley said Brando's funeral arrangements would be private.

Actor Robert Duvall, who starred with Brando in The Godfather, paid tribute, saying: "His memory will live forever."

Long-time friend and Godfather co-star James Caan said on Friday, via his publicist: "He influenced more young actors of my generation than any actor.

"Anyone who denies this, never understood what it was all about."

British film-maker Michael Winner, who directed Brando in the 1972 film The Nightcomers, said: "I've no doubt he was the most admired screen actor ever. And rightly so. He transcended fame just as an actor.

"Marlon was the most marvellous, principled, kind, sincere and above all witty, amusing and loyal friend I've ever had."

The BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles commented: "He was a film icon, often described as the greatest actor of his time.

"He was a very, very private character, reclusive even."

Brando received eight Oscar nominations during his lifetime - all for best actor apart from his most recent nod in 1990 for A Dry White Season, which was for best supporting actor.

Oscar wins


His two Oscar wins were for On the Waterfront and The Godfather.

The other nominations were for Last Tango in Paris (1974), Sayonara (1957), Julius Caesar (1953), Viva Zapata! (1952) and Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

He once said: "The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them."

His personal life was well documented and marked by tragedy.

The Brando family was in the spotlight at the murder trial of the actor's son Christian, accused of killing the abusive fiance of his sister Cheyenne in 1990.

Christian later served five years of a 10-year sentence for manslaughter.

Brando's daughter Cheyenne committed suicide in 1995.

He had at least 11 children with three ex-wives and various other women.

In later years he became well known for his reclusive lifestyle.

Brando, who had a well documented weight problem, told an interviewer in the 1990s that he had withdrawn under the stress of being constantly in the public eye.

"I've had so much misery in my life, being famous and wealthy," he said.

Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of Last Tango in Paris, once said of Brando: "An angel as a man, a monster as an actor."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...lm/3860723.stm

[TheLegacy]

another legend gone - Heaven has a new GodFather

[Aquarius]

RIP

[GigaChris]

RIP Marlon Brando looks like that's the 3rd

[Mr.Fiction]

One of a kind.

[Rob]

They're saying that he was broke!?!? How could someone that successful be broke!?

[kimzar]

rip