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Marlon Brando Laid to Rest
In the end, Marlon Brando went out as he would have wanted it--quietly.
The eccentric, reclusive acting legend, who died of lung failure Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 80, was cremated in a private ceremony attended only by members of his family, his lawyer confirmed.
According to David Seeley, a Seattle attorney who represented Brando for the last four years, the brooding thespian was laid to rest in a ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday.
"He was cremated on Monday, and they had a small private family memorial at the time," Seeley told E! Online.
No other details were disclosed, including the fate of Brando's ashes, which the attorney characterized as a "private family matter."
Seeley also dismissed British press reports that the two-time Oscar winner left behind a videotape of funeral wishes, including a request that old pal and neighbor Jack Nicholson lead a gathering of mourners in tribute. The tape also purportedly included instructions for his ashes to be scattered over the Tahitian island that he owned, as well as a list of individuals forbidden from attending his memorial.
"Honestly, I'm not aware of any of that," added Seeley. "A petition for [the will] to be probated will be probably be filed in Los Angeles county most likely Friday or Monday."
Brando, who was not married at the time of his death, had 10 surviving children by four different women--three wives and a former maid.
But despite his immense fame (and physique), the former Godfather don eschewed the spotlight in his offscreen life.
That reticence carried over in the low-key way his family carried out his final wishes.
His son Miko Brando said Tuesday that all of the details surrounding his father's send-off would be kept under wraps.
"Out of respect for my father, the services will be private. My family and I would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and words," the Brando scion said in a statement.
The actor's eldest sister, 84-year-old Jocelyn Brando, told FoxNews.com columnist Roger Friedman that the family intended to comply with her brother's wish that there be no funeral, no memorial and no fuss whatsoever.
"There will be no service of any kind. If someone wants to do something [i.e., a public memorial], that's their business," she said. "But Marlon would have hated it. He would not have liked it, and we don't want to do anything he didn't want to do. He's off on his trip, whatever that is."
According to his sister, Marlon Brando had been on oxygen for about a year and had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. He checked into UCLA Medical Center for some tests when he took a turn for the worse. She had visited him for the last time on Thursday before he passed away.
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