Marlon Brando died.

[NotSoSecretAgent]

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Marlon Brando, called by many the greatest actor of all time and best known for his roles in ``On the Waterfront'' and ``The Godfather,'' has died. He was 80.

Brando died yesterday in Los Angeles, KPHO-TV reported. The cause of death wasn't immediately known. KPHO-TV is a CBS affiliate in Phoenix.

Brando earned best actor Oscars for his performances as the ex-fighter in ``On The Waterfront'' (1954) and as mafia boss Don Vito Corleone in ``The Godfather'' (1972). Brando refused the second Oscar in protest of the federal government's treatment of American Indians.

He sent Sacheen Littlefeather to the awards ceremony to give his refusal speech, and she was booed off the stage.

He was born in Nebraska in 1924 and made his Broadway debut in ``I Remember Mama.'' Brando's big break came in his role as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's ``A Streetcar Named Desire'' in 1947. He also starred in the film version in 1951.


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[Into]

:(

R.I.P.

[Josh]

There's some disagreement on this subject. A few places are reporting that it may not be true.

[Abscynthe]

I'll accept it as fact until otherwise proven. He's been in poor health for a long time now. It doesn't surprise me.

*bows head*

[Wiggum]

Yahoo is reporting it.

[phenotype31]

didn't Yahoo report that Andy Kaufmann came back though?

[phenotype31]

EOnline announced that E! is going to do a memorial segment to Brando on E! News Live tonight.

[Wiggum]

Originally posted by phenotype31
didn't Yahoo report that Andy Kaufmann came back though?

Touche! :lol

[Into]

http://www.cnn.com/

It's real.

[Josh]

Yeah confirmed.

That he made it to 80 is phenomenal.

[MartyRotten]

LOS ANGELES (July 2) - Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and ''On the Waterfront'' and went on to create the iconic character of Don Vito Corleone in ''The Godfather,'' has died. He was 80.

Brando died of lung failure Thursday evening at UCLA Medical Center, said Roxanne Moster, a spokeswoman for the medical center. She didn't give details.

Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time Academy Award winner who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.

''He influenced more young actors of my generation than any actor,'' longtime friend and ''Godfather'' co-star James Caan said Friday through his publicist. ''Anyone who denies this never understood what it was all about.''

Brando 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.''

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 he's rebelling against.

''Whaddya got?'' was his reply.


Another great actor has left us for the ulitmate casting call. :(
(I'm sorry if this ends up being redundant. I didn't see any other postings about this though.) I liked him best in THE WILD ONE and ON THE WATERFRONT. He will be missed.

[garfield hates mondays]

see also:
http://www.cinemablend.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11392

:)

[Teenagerlobotomy]

yeah he is for sure dead...what a tradgedy too...he was one of the greatest actors to ever live.

but i was reading an article about how marlon brando wasnt very pleasant during the filming off apocalypse now. this is the article

Marlon Brando was paid $1 million in advance. He threatened to quit and keep the advance. Coppola told his agent that he didn't care, and if they couldn't get Brando, they would try Jack Nicholson, 'Redford, Robert' , and then Al Pacino. Brando eventually turned up late, drunk, 40kg overweight, and admitted he hadn't read the script or even "Heart of Darkness", the book it was based on. He read Coppola's script, and refused to do it. After days of arguments over single lines of dialogue, an ad-lib style script was agreed upon, and this was shot according to Brando's stipulations that he appears in shadows.

[Col. Kurtz]

:(

RIP, Marlon Brando.

My favorite actor. The best ever.

[Bordick]

Originally posted by Col. Kurtz
My favorite actor.
based on your username, I can imagine. It sucks.

[masterthes]

Very sad. He was a truly great actor.