The young man’s life was reminiscent of the events from ‘The Godfather’.
During his career, Marlon Brando starred in dozens of cool movies, and picking the five best ones is a tough task (even though we tried), but he proved to be a family man. From various wives and a string of mistresses, the actor managed to father a whopping eleven children, and not all of them lived to see their father die.
Strangest and most tragic was the fate of Christian, Brando’s only child from his first marriage, and Cheyenne, the great artist’s daughter from his third wife. Their fates were intertwined on May 16, 1990, when a brother and a pregnant sister met at their parents’ fashionable home in the Hollywood Hills.
It was on this fateful day that Christian Brando shot Doug Drolle, the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne, and to this day no one knows why. All that is known is that a conflict broke out between the men, resulting in Marlon’s son threatening his rival with a gun – the star of “The Godfather” failed to disarm the heir.
The youngster pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to prison in 1991. He was released five years later and died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008 at the age of 49. Cheyenne gave birth to a premature baby (Brando’s grandson inherited his grandfather’s beauty) and fell into a deep depression after Doug’s murder, committing suicide in 1995.
The body of a 25-year-old girl was found hanging from the ceiling of a bedroom in her mother’s home in Tahiti. She had attempted suicide at least twice before.
Source: Popcorn News
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