# RIP Marlon Brando

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153 "2014-07-02T01:22:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/1 "2014-07-02T01:22:52Z")

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[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23157-2004Jul2.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23157-2004Jul2.html)

I’m picturing him smiling in a garden with tomatos…

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/2 "2014-07-02T01:24:35Z")

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Wow, I thought he’d died _years_ ago.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/3 "2014-07-02T01:26:30Z")

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Reported for a move to Cafe Society, where all actors go to die.

StG

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/4 "2014-07-02T01:26:49Z")

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Ddamn. RIP Mr. Brando.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/5 "2014-07-02T01:28:24Z")

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He died 10 years ago.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/6 "2014-07-02T01:28:31Z")

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2004

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/7 "2014-07-02T01:29:26Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Wow, I thought he’d died _years_ ago.

[He did.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando) The article is dated July 1, 2004.

Must be a slow news day.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/8 "2014-07-02T01:29:43Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Wow, I thought he’d died _years_ ago.

Same here.

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/9 "2014-07-02T01:29:51Z")

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RIP St. Swithun.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/10 "2014-07-02T01:39:09Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Wow, I thought he’d died _years_ ago.

Me, too. And we’d be right. 2004.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/11 "2014-07-02T01:47:16Z")

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The horror… the horror…

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-brando/692153/12 "2014-07-02T01:47:39Z")

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As several people have pointed out, Mr. Brando died ten years ago.