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To: Mannie who wrote (34804)	7/2/2004 12:10:58 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104167

must be a mellow Friday up there.... - yeah. two lazy days in a row. i could get used to this. :) ohoh - just read that marlon brando died. Marlon Brando dead at 80 Bon Thomas Associated Press July 2, 2004 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront and went on to create the iconic characterization of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, has died. He was 80. Brando died at an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital Thursday, lawyer David J. Seeley said Friday. The cause of death was being withheld, Seeley said, noting the actor "was a very private man." Brando, whose unpredictable behaviour made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson. He was the unforgettable embodiment of the brutish Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire, the mixed up Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront (which won him his first Oscar) and the wily Corleone of The Godfather. But his private life may best be defined by a line from The Wild One, in which Brando, playing a motorcycle gang leader, is asked what he's rebelling against. "Whattaya got?" was his famous reply. His image was a studio's nightmare. Millions of words were written about his weight, his many romances and three marriages, his tireless -- and, for some, tiresome -- support of the American Indian and other causes, his battles with film producers and directors, his refuge on a Tahitian isle. His most famous act of rebellion was his refusal in 1973 to accept the best actor Oscar for The Godfather. Instead, he sent a woman who called herself Sasheen Littlefeather to read a diatribe about Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans. It was roundly booed. Brando's private life turned tragic years later with his son's conviction for killing the boyfriend of his half sister, Cheyenne Brando, in 1990. Five years later, Cheyenne committed suicide, still depressed over the killing. Still, the undying spotlight never made him conform. "I am myself," he once declared, "and if I have to hit my head against a brick wall to remain true to myself, I will do it." © Associated Press 2004

To: Mannie who wrote (34804)	7/2/2004 1:41:51 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104167

scooter- your own personal copy should be in your hands very soon. .... i'd like it like this please <vbg> (as suggested by michal daniels) HUGE! On fine archival paper, with a clean white border. Under-mat and over-mat with double ply archival, slightly cream colored maybe, which leaves some of the white print border showing all around, evenly. Signature/credit at bottom right, on the white edge of the print, tucked up against the bottom right corner with its ©, between the over-mat and image. The signature's size determines the width of the white unmated space surrounding the image. Then comes the wood frame for one's taste and one's place... thanks. -zita