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07-02-2004, 08:10 PM
July 03, 2004 / http://www.hollywoodreporter.com
Marlon Brando dies at 80
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 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at UCLA Medical Center, said Roxanne Moster, a spokeswoman for the hospital. 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.Full story. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/article_display.jsp?vnu_conten t_id=1000562636)
Marlon Brando dies at 80
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 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at UCLA Medical Center, said Roxanne Moster, a spokeswoman for the hospital. 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.Full story. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/article_display.jsp?vnu_conten t_id=1000562636)