Marlon Brando Jr.

(1924- 2004) born in Omaha. Actor, recipient of 1954 and 1972 Academy Awards for leading roles, 1979 Emmy Award as supporting actor, and Golden Globe Awards in 1955, 1956, 1973, and 1974 as best actor and world film favorite, appeared on cover of Time, October 11, 1954 and January 22, 1974, cover of Newsweek, March 13, 1972 and February 12, 1973, appeared on cover of Life five times, less than Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Sophia Loren, but more than Clark Gable; his star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Consult Omaha World Herald Magazine, February 20, 1955, pp. G-4, G-34 and Current Biography (1974) 46-49 and New York Times obituary, July 3, 2004, pp. A-1, A-12, and A-13.

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