Marlon Brando dies at 80

CNN ^ | 07/02/04

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CNN) -- Marlon Brando, the stage and screen actor whose performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" earned him plaudits as one of the greatest actors of all time, has died, his attorney told The Associated Press. He was 80.

Brando died in Los Angeles. The cause of death is unknown.

Brando shot to fame in the late 1940s with his groundbreaking performance in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire" as the brutal, animalistic yet shy Stanley Kowalski.

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I think he had creditors and that's why he was "broke". The afternoon news mentioned he had 21 million in real estate. He owned a Tahitian Island bought when he made "Mutiny on the Bounty". There was also a news item which mentioned the island was in the courts and difficult to sell.

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I'm wondering if it's possible he took his own life.

At 80?