# Christian Brando dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 27, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139 "2008-01-27T00:04:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/1 "2008-01-27T00:04:38Z")

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[Marlon’s son, dead at 49](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22858091/) very troubled life.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/2 "2008-01-27T00:19:38Z")

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[QUOTE=wring]  
[Marlon’s son, dead at 49](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22858091/) very troubled life.  
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Well let me be the first to say that…  
Ah, never mind.

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**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/3 "2008-01-27T02:03:34Z")

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I guess I had my facts wrong, I thought he got murdered a while ago.

RIP

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/4 "2008-01-27T02:09:53Z")

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Did he go to jail, though, after he killed his sister’s SO?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/5 "2008-01-27T02:51:52Z")

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The “Maybe it runs in the family” ad toward the top of the story is a bit tacky.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-brando-dead/435139/6 "2008-01-27T02:56:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Rilchiam]  
Did he go to jail, though, after he killed his sister’s SO?  
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The subtitle of the story says: “Complications from pneumonia; served prison term in shooting death.”

I’m curious. The story says absolutely nothing about his illness or the circumstances behind it. Says he was unmarried with no children. And I assume it’s not common for middle-aged men to die of pneumonia in Los Angeles. Not that it’s any of my business, but I can’t help wondering whether this was AIDS.