BREAKING NEWS: Actor Marlon Brando has died in a Los Angeles hospital, his attorney told the AP. The actor who starred in "The Godfather" and "On the Waterfront" was 80 years old. --Developing
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Acting legend won Oscar for
'On the Waterfront,' 'The Godfather'
Marlon Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.
BREAKING NEWS
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Updated: 11:41 a.m. ET July 02, 2004LOS ANGELES - Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront and went on to create the iconic characterization of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, has died. He was 80.
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Brando died at an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital Thursday, attorney David J. Seeley said Friday. The cause of death was being withheld, Seeley said, noting the actor was a very private man.
Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.
He was the unforgettable embodiment of the brutish Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire, the mixed up Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront (which won him his first Oscar) and the wily Corleone of The Godfather.
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But his private life may best be defined by a line from The Wild One, in which Brando, playing a motorcycle gang leader, is asked what hes rebelling against.
Whattaya got? was his famous reply.
His image was a studios nightmare. Millions of words were written about his weight, his many romances and three marriages, his tireless and, for some, tiresome support of the American Indian and other causes, his battles with film producers and directors, his refuge on a Tahitian isle.
His most famous act of rebellion was his refusal in 1973 to accept the best actor Oscar for The Godfather. Instead, he sent a woman who called herself Sasheen Littlefeather to read a diatribe about Hollywoods treatment of Native Americans.
It was roundly booed.
Brandos private life turned tragic years later with his sons conviction for killing the boyfriend of his half sister, Cheyenne Brando, in 1990. Five years later, Cheyenne committed suicide, still depressed over the killing.
Still, the undying spotlight never made him conform.
I am myself, he once declared, and if I have to hit my head against a brick wall to remain true to myself, I will do it.
© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thats all that was on Boston.com
Article that Slugman linked to:
Acting legend won Oscar for
'On the Waterfront,' 'The Godfather'
Marlon Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 11:41 a.m. ET July 02, 2004LOS ANGELES - Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront and went on to create the iconic characterization of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, has died. He was 80.
advertisement
Brando died at an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital Thursday, attorney David J. Seeley said Friday. The cause of death was being withheld, Seeley said, noting the actor was a very private man.
Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.
He was the unforgettable embodiment of the brutish Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire, the mixed up Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront (which won him his first Oscar) and the wily Corleone of The Godfather.
MORE ON MARLON BRANDO
Hartl: The original 'method man' truly a contender
But his private life may best be defined by a line from The Wild One, in which Brando, playing a motorcycle gang leader, is asked what hes rebelling against.
Whattaya got? was his famous reply.
His image was a studios nightmare. Millions of words were written about his weight, his many romances and three marriages, his tireless and, for some, tiresome support of the American Indian and other causes, his battles with film producers and directors, his refuge on a Tahitian isle.
His most famous act of rebellion was his refusal in 1973 to accept the best actor Oscar for The Godfather. Instead, he sent a woman who called herself Sasheen Littlefeather to read a diatribe about Hollywoods treatment of Native Americans.
It was roundly booed.
Brandos private life turned tragic years later with his sons conviction for killing the boyfriend of his half sister, Cheyenne Brando, in 1990. Five years later, Cheyenne committed suicide, still depressed over the killing.
Still, the undying spotlight never made him conform.
I am myself, he once declared, and if I have to hit my head against a brick wall to remain true to myself, I will do it.
© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
