Devastating News About Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, who is regarded by some as the greatest film actor of the 20th century, has been reduced to a life of destitution and poverty, according to an upcoming biography by Patricia Ruiz. London's Sunday Times and The Guardian newspaper report that Brando is crippled by legal and family battles that have left him with some $20 million in debts and no way to pay them.
The not-yet-published biography, "Brando in Twilight," claims that the 80-year-old actor, who was once the industry's highest paid, is now "nearly destitute" and living on Social Security payments, a pension from the Screen Actors' Guild, and small residuals. Ruiz writes in the book that Brando lives alone in a one-bedroom home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. She quotes a visitor to the home as saying it is "claustrophobic" and decorated with beaded curtains and shabby couches.
The Guardian reports that Brando's sizeable fortune has been eclipsed by his eccentric spending habits and a series of costly legal battles, including millions in lawyer's fees for his son Christian, who was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting his sister's boyfriend, and a palimony suit brought by his former maid. Brando won two Oscars for "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather." He refused to accept the second Oscar as a protest against government treatment of native Americans.
Marlon Brando, who is regarded by some as the greatest film actor of the 20th century, has been reduced to a life of destitution and poverty, according to an upcoming biography by Patricia Ruiz. London's Sunday Times and The Guardian newspaper report that Brando is crippled by legal and family battles that have left him with some $20 million in debts and no way to pay them.
The not-yet-published biography, "Brando in Twilight," claims that the 80-year-old actor, who was once the industry's highest paid, is now "nearly destitute" and living on Social Security payments, a pension from the Screen Actors' Guild, and small residuals. Ruiz writes in the book that Brando lives alone in a one-bedroom home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. She quotes a visitor to the home as saying it is "claustrophobic" and decorated with beaded curtains and shabby couches.
The Guardian reports that Brando's sizeable fortune has been eclipsed by his eccentric spending habits and a series of costly legal battles, including millions in lawyer's fees for his son Christian, who was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting his sister's boyfriend, and a palimony suit brought by his former maid. Brando won two Oscars for "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather." He refused to accept the second Oscar as a protest against government treatment of native Americans.
