R.I.P.
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Marlon Brando's eldest son, Christian, has passed away.
He was hospitalized this past week with pneumonia.
Brando was 49.
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Well..they are all gone..Marlon, Cheyanne…maybe now we will find out what really happened to Cheyannes husband….
No normal, healthy 49 y/o dies of pneumonia. Christian Brando died of AIDS. Someday, the truth will come out. A very sad story.
First, there is Heath and now Christian, What's this fuckin' unfair life ?
Everybody is dying! It's so sad !
isn't that sad. luckily he has like 30 other kids
RIP CHRISTIAN BRANDO
I think Christian Brando brings the count back to 1. Brad Renfro, Suzanne Pleshette, and Heath Ledger make 3.
Re: Lauren – You don't know who Marlon Brando was?…
You don't HAVE to show your ignorance….it's optional.
He's at peace at last, and Marlon finally has some quality time to spend with him!!! God bless him and his family. xo
That is the third actor in last 2 weeks to die.
More sad news….
Surely you could have found another picture…
Honey, there's some serious pnuemonia catching up with these celebrities. Wasn't young Mr. Ledger recovering from some type of pnuemonia? And now Marlon's son? Wow! That's serious shit. You know, several years ago, I was house sitting up on Mulholland Dr. right next "door" to Brando and his kids and Nicholson. Oh yeah! Miss Sophia was living like Hollywood Royalty. I never saw anybody so I can't comment on whether the pnuemonia was contagious or nothing. It's a good thing these celebrities have left behind movies and records because their lives are just as full of pain and suffering as we normal folk. Mr. Perez, thank you for sharing this. Are you going to do another Tee Shirt saying "Why couldn't it be Britney?" with Brando's son? How many Tee Shirts have you sold with Mr. Ledger's picture on it?
More sad news….
Surely you could have found another picture.
He must have had alot of complications…pneumonia is usually treatable
karma's a bitch.
Does his daddy know? What tragic news to tell a parent. How do you know if you have the pnuemonias? I've been a smoker for nearly all my life, so I can't tell if my continuous coughing is lung cancer or pnuemonias. I guess I'll find out soon enough. This Christian never had much of a chance to find out who he was. He was always living in his daddy's ever increasing shadow. Can you imagine growing up as Marlon Brando's son and watching your father decompose from a hottie into a slug? Thank you Mr. Perez for bringing this to my attention. I'll say a prayer for him too. Lordy, Lordy, this is gonna be one long prayer night.
wtf perez, couldn't you pick another pic to show. i know he wasn't the most fab guy in hollywood, but a little respect for the departed.
Booo-Yah
Re: Lauren –
Are you some kind of pop culture retard?
Wow, this whole family is dead now….dad, sis, and now bro.
They come in 3's. Heath, Christian…. who's got next?
At first glance, I thought it was Paula Abdul.
Mezro…I loved Christian Brando in Return of the Jedi…his Jabba truly was a breakthrough performance…
I love ya Perez, you are the queen diva supreme, but im disappointed that you would use his mugshot to announce his death , for shame perez!!!
Very sad. Chris killed Dag Drollet ( his sister's boyfriend) because Christiian's sister Cheyenne,told him that Dag was beating her. It was not true, as Cheyenne later admitted. Cheyenne suffered from mental illness.
This is a really tragic story.
Dag Drollet died for no reason, Cheyenne committed suicide later, and now Christian is dead- after what must have been an unhappy life. RIP Christian.
(We went to the same high school)
Re: les uk – You are very, very right. Being hard on your body can greatly decrease immunity, which can in turn, make one much more susceptible to a variety of illnesses including pneumonia. I was a heavy drinker and smoker from my very early 20's to late 30's and experienced frequent bronchitis and colds. Had pneumonia twice; the first time was a moderate case that was treated at home with heavy antiboitics and steriods, the second landed me in the hospital. Needless to say, I no longer drink or smoke. I quit both at the same time, on the same day. The most treacherous two weeks of my life, but I made it through. Have been smoke free and alcohol free for two years. Would like to hear back from you. Hey kids out there: Dont's smoke at all and if you are of legal drinking age, drink in extreme moderation. Beleive me, if not, it will come back knocking on your door. I am on my second liver, did I mention that? Thought I would. It's not a joke.
Re: Christina – Maybe he was exposed to it in prison where medical attention is limited at best.
I wonder if he's looking as Dag Drollet right now? R.I.P if you can!
Rest in Peace. A man with a troubled life will now have peace.
He was a murderer. He killed his sister Cheyenne's boyfriend, and then she killed herself.
Heath Ledger had pneumonia also… maybe it's some deadly strain of the disease !!!!! ya never know !
thought he was already dead….. so i guess he wasnt the one that killed himself after all….heh.
….and that is the third.
I thought it was Javier Bardem.
Looks like the old pneumonia EXCUSE AGAIN!!! anyone remember Heath?!!!
That's number 3. These things usually happen in 3's.
Re: Maldoror – Actually, the full report stated that Cheyenne, in her schizophrenic mind, was convinced that Dag had beaten her up (apparently he had not) and convinced Christian that it had happened. Christian then killed Dag and went to prison. When Cheyenne realized that her delusion lead to her husband's death SHE committed suicide. A horrid tragedy for all involved.
isn't that the guy that got put in prison for life for killing his sisters baby daddy/boyfriend? it's a really sad story and i always felt bad for him because it was completely provoked by his sister. she kind of tricked him into it…. rip christian
No, death does not come in 3's. It comes everyday. People of all ages die every single day. I really find it hard to admire people who lead lives dominated by deception (and usually drugs). There are better role models out there. Don't be impressed by celebrity because rarely is there anything to be impressed about.
Brad Renfro, Heath Ledger, Christian Brandon…even Suzanne Pleshette…everyone is dying.
shame but he has been a thorn in Marlon's ass for most of his life.
Sad.. seems these things really do happen in three's..
Heath Ledger, Christian Brando, and who next? Or did I miss someone before these two? *sigh*
But seriously, was a mugshot really a necessary photo to put up of him? I hadn't even heard of him until reading this but just seeing the mugshot it's obvious to me now he was troubled.
I'm still grieving of the loss of the seriously talented, controversial acting of Heath. And I constantly ask myself.. why not one of the known talentless train wrecks? I won't mention names as I'm sure everyone is aware of each that we could do without. Sadly..
R I P
Wow, why is all of Hollywood dying at once?
This basket case made Britney look sane!
Was it really necessary to use his mug shot, Perez?
Celebrity pneumonia = Heroin and/or AIDS
I spent a summer in alaska with Christian years ago–sweetest guy ever–would do anything for anyone-no love from family–sent away to work with "stinky fish"—so SAD!!!!!–don't be so "flippant" with your comments when you don't know the person!!!!!
He was the quintessential asshole. Good riddance.
I dont even know who this is, but it's still sad. And damn, everyone has pneumonia lately. My family does too.
How Terribly Said. First Eric Douglas now Christian Brando.
Christian's best friend was veteran talk show host Skip E. Lowe- a fascinating Hollywood character. www.skipelowe.com
Brando popped Bonnie Blakely — I REST MY CASE
Totally SAD!
RIP darling boy.!!!!!
death comes in 3's. Christian is the 3rd one behind Heath and Brad Renfro
Re: Lauren –
Dear Girl, Marlon Brando was a great ACTOR, and one of the hottest hotties of all times, in his day. I know there are almost NO "great actors" today, so you may want to watch AMC and TCM and learn about them, so you have things to say at the next cocktail party you attend.
Re: alexis – You can count dead people. You are so clever
Re: ElenaBelle – Sounds like you hand out RIPs as a shopping assistant does with scent samples at a department store. I suspect your RIPs are quite meaningless.
If you want to see a good looking Brando kid -
find a picture of Tuki Brando…hot hot hot hot hot
pneumonia MEANS AIDS
slightly insensitive to use his mugshot…
A man dies and out of all the pictures, you put his mug shot up. have some respect.
PREZ YOU ARE A FUCKING DOG BREATH BITCH! wHY SHOW A MUG SHOT OF THIS MAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANNOUNCING HIS DEATH? DO YOU THINK THIS IS ALL HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR? ONLY SICK FUCKS LIKE YOURSELF WILL DO THAT! YOU SON OF A BITCH!
all the hotties pass away.
Pneumonia and he's 49? That's a cover for AIDS if I ever saw one.
Very sad- for all his success and admiration as an actor, Marlon Brando's personal life was doomed and poisonous from the start. His parents were neglectful alcoholics, he had three failed marriages and lord knows how many kids in and out of wedlock. Strange for someone so young to die of pneumonia - must have been an aggressive version of it!
Long before the current Young Hollywood antics, the story of the Brando offspring was one of Hollywood's saddest tales of excess, complete with drugs, murder, suicide and psychiatric illness. His death is the end of a sad life, and wherever he is, I hope he has found some peace at last.
He and oily bear could be brothers!
Hey Perez….I'm disappointed in the choosing of the photo of Christian Brando. It's not respectful.
don't you think it shows poor taste to post his mug-shot on the article accompanying his death?
WHY ISNT O.J DYIN? ALOT CELEBS R N DAT CUNT IS STIL ALIVE.WELL KHARMA WILL KICK HIM IN DA ASS IN THE END.N I CANT WAIT FOR DAT.
and i will say again why was it not britney?!?!?!?!
This is very very sad. Christian's best friend was talk show host Skip E. Lowe- who I'm sure is devastated by this.
Come on Perez… the man just died and the only pic you could come up with was his mug shot?!?! lol
Its about time, he killed his sisters boyfriend then his sister killed herself, he has alot of blood on his hands. may you never rest christian.
He spent his life trying to get approval from a father who didn't know what to do with him. He ended up shooting his sister's boyfriend because he was again trying to get approval. A tragic life, a tragic end and a tragic choice of photo pez!
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he fucking dies and you post his mug shot? that's the only pic you could find? he's gone, fuck it!
usually you're empathatic when death is concerned, so i'd like to think that this was an unintentional-classic-perez-hilton-shitty-thing-to-do.
Come on Perez… Using a mugshot? That's low.
the man died. so why do you put up a picture of him at his worst?? this website can be extremely disrespectful. life is hard enough, and all you do is pinpoint every little thing people do wrong. try being famous AND constantly watched.
it is a known fact that drug abuse, whether it be use of cocaine, heroin, meth etc., lowers a person's immune system increasing the risk of developing pneumonia after the body is unable to fight off a common cold or flu virus. death is never something i would wish upon even my worst enemy, however, i don't have much empathy for a person that committed horrible crimes against people and then died as a result of not taking care of themselves. from the sounds of it christian was not a very good person and his death was a result of his own poor choices is life. may god have mercy upon his soul.
this guy never had a chance at normal..I knew Marlon's housekeeper ( 1 of) in the early 60's. She told me alot of really odd stuff about Brando, & thats when Christian had begun living there full-time…
If anybody killed him it was that crazy old man, marlon…
RIP Christian
so sad - too young. his life was pretty tragic, don't know if he was ever really happy. his nephew, tuki, looks alot like marlon, only better
make me wonder what's going on. People are dropping like flies. That's too bad.
Re: not a big deal! – ur one dumb fcuk
Just like Leger …..who cares !
Re: gossip girl –
#5 Gossip Girl
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People were born to die (even you and I). When your time is up, it's up! People die every hour and every day. Get use to it, it'll happen to all of us.
He looks like an ape.