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Post by CRASHER on Jul 2, 2004 11:08:53 GMT -5
a LOT of famous people dying this year ain't it ?? Shame on any of you who haven't seen the first 2 Godfather movies.... FOX News Confirms Marlon Brando Dead at 80 Actor Marlon Brando Dead at 80 Friday, July 02, 2004 LOS ANGELES — Marlon Brando, who turned 80 years old just two months ago, is dead, the actor's sister and a close family friend told FOXNews.com's Roger Friedman on Friday morning. Brando, termed the greatest living actor by most of his peers, is most famous for his roles in "The Godfather," "On the Waterfront," and "A Streetcar Named Desire." Brando's sister Jocelyn, exclusively confirmed the actor's death and a family friend in Palm Springs, Calif., told FOXNews.com that Brando died last night at 6:20 p.m. in a Los Angeles-area hospital after being taken there on Wednesday night The cause of death wasn’t immediately known. Brando became a movie idol in the early 1950s and popularized the jeans-and-T-shirt look well before James Dean did. But soon, the theatrically-trained actor began shunning his teeny bopper image by accepting serious roles like that of Mark Antony in “Julius Caesar” (1953). He won the Best Actor Oscar for “On the Waterfront” (1954) and took on a wide range of roles after that, garnering popular and critical acclaim as one of the greatest cinema actors of the late 20th century. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,124583,00.html |
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