Sometime between last night and this afternoon, Marlon Brando was officially declared dead. Weirdly, the story seems to have started on a radio station in Phoenix, picked up by Fark, and massaged by Drudge. Southwest outlets were running regularly with it as early as 4:30 this morning, CBS went with it, CNN hit it at 11:30 a.m., and then some general chaos followed this afternoon. Could the esteemed Mr. Brando at least have had the courtesy to die at Spago or something? What the hell was all that?
Marlon Brando [Google News]