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Article: Cheyenne Brando Is A Suicide; Actor's Daughter, 25, Hangs Self in Tahiti
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 18, 1995
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Actor Marlon Brando's daughter Cheyenne committed suicide by
hanging herself at her home on the South Pacific island of Tahiti in
French Polynesia on Sunday, her family said today.
Relatives said Cheyenne Brando, 25, had been depressed ever since
the murder of her boyfriend Dag Drollet by her half-brother Christian
four years ago and had made three previous suicide attempts.
She was found hanging in her bedroom at her home in Punaauia, on
the west coast of Tahiti, on Easter Sunday afternoon, a relative
said.
Marlon Brando's spokesman, Ed Limato, said Brando, 71, would have
no comment on his daughter's death.
Christian Brando was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the
murder of Drollet ...