Christian Brando (May 11, 1958 – January 26, 2008) was the eldest child of actor Marlon Brando. He pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne. On May 16, 1990, Christian Brando shot Dag Drollet to death at Marlon Brando`s residence on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. He was released from prison in 1996. In 2005, he pled guilty to spousal abuse of his wife, Deborah Presley, and was given probation. Marlon was a distant father and spent little time with young Christian, who was raised by nannies and servants. Christian moved between Hollywood and his father`s private island near Tahiti. Marlon continued to have relationships with multiple women by whom he fathered numerous children. Years later, while commenting on his childhood, Christian said that: “The family kept changing shape, I`d sit down at the breakfast table and say, "Who are you?"”. Christian pled guilty to manslaughter for killing Dag Drollet in 1990. Drollet was in a four-year relationship with Christian`s younger half-sister Cheyenne, who was pregnant with Drollet`s unborn child at the time. (The child, a son named Tuki, is now known as Tuki Brando and is a model for Versace menswear).

Brando died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008 at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 49 years old. He was admitted into Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on January 11, 2008. Although Brando`s attorney, Benjamin Brin, announced he was hospitalized with pneumonia, the prognosis was said to be a complete recovery. However, an unnamed friend confirmed that Brando was in grave condition. Brando was buried on February 17, 2008 at the Kalama Oddfellows Cemetery in Kalama, Washington. Christian, who had lived in Kalama for about 14 years was well-liked by locals who remembered him as "a regular guy".

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