During the last years of his life, Marlon Brando told me what his Tahitian atoll Tetiaroa meant to him, and what he wanted it to become after he died. In honor of his 100th birthday, I'm sharing his words with you.
It wasn’t like Marlon Brando to go spilling his private beans to the world about the life he had spent his years protecting. But about Tetiaroa — the Tahitian atoll of his childhood yearnings, and the refuge of his adult life — he did. We were friends for the last years of his life, and one day in 1997, at his house on the crown of Mulholland Drive, he said to me something he’d never said before: Take notes.
He learned about Tetiaroa’s water tables and soil quality and flora and fauna. In the early days, he applied himself hands-on to Tetiaroa’s plumbing challenges. In his later years, any plumber called to the Mulholland Drive house would find himself being followed around by Marlon, who’d also peer underneath the sinks alongside him and ask about torque wrench brands and hose bib fits.
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