Marlon Brando's son dies

28-01-2008 11:35

Marlon Brando's son has died, aged just 49.Christian Brando passed away in the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Centre, Los Angeles, on Saturday morning (26.01.08) from complications caused by pneumonia.His ex-wife Deborah Presley revealed he had been in a coma ever since being admitted to hospital on January 11. She said: "His body was totally compromised. He'd lived so hard. This is just so sad."David Seeley, a lawyer for the Marlon Brando estate, added: "This is a sad and difficult time for the family."In 1990, Christian, a known drug user, was sentenced to ten years in jail for voluntary manslaughter after shooting dead Dag Drollett, the boyfriend of his then pregnant half-sister Cheyenne.Cheyenne hanged herself in 1995, a year before her brother's release from prison.