Christian Brando

Christian Brando


Christian Devi Brando (May 11, 1958 – January 26, 2008) was the eldest child of actor Marlon Brando and an occasional actor.

On May 16, 1990, Christian Brando fatally shot Dag Drollet, the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne at his father's residence on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to prison in 1990. He was released in 1996. In 2005, Brando pleaded no contest to spousal abuse of his wife, Deborah Presley, and was given probation. He died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008, aged 49.

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