Marlon Brando: A Tribute

Take a look back at the two-time Oscar winner's turbulent life and career

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His portrayal of Mafia Don Vito Corleone (he stuffed his cheeks with tissues and dropped his voice to a hoarse whisper) in the 1972 Francis Ford Coppola-directed The Godfather earned Brando a second Oscar and briefly reinvigorated his fading career. The actor sent Sacheen Littlefeather to accept his Academy Award to protest the treatment of Native Americans in film and TV.