Throwback Thursday: Marlon Brando Fell for Tahiti in the 1960s — hollywoodreporter.com

This story first appeared in the July 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. On July 1, 10 years to the day after Marlon Brando's death at age 80 from pulmonary fibrosis, a 35-villa resort named The Brando (prices start at $4,000 a night) will open on the French Polynesian atoll of Tetiaroa, bought by the actor in 1967. Brando discovered the 1,445-acre Tahitian island, which still is owned by his estate, while making 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty.

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