Editing Marlon Brando (section)

==Later life==
Brando's notoriety, his troubled family life and his [[obesity]] attracted more attention than his later acting career. He gained a great deal of weight in the 1970s; by the early-to-mid-1990s, he weighed over {{convert|300|lb|kg}} and suffered from [[Type 2 diabetes]]. He had a history of weight fluctuation throughout his career that, by and large, he attributed to his years of stress-related overeating, followed by compensatory dieting. He also earned a reputation for being difficult on the set, often unwilling or unable to memorize his lines and less interested in taking direction than in confronting the film director with odd demands. He also dabbled with some innovation in his last years. He had several patents issued in his name from the [[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]], all of which involve a method of tensioning [[drumhead]]s, between June 2002 and November 2004 (for example, see {{US Patent|6812392}}).<ref>{{Citation |last =Pulver |first =Andrew |title =Celebrity Invention: Marlon Brando's Drum AutoTuner |work =The Atlantic |date =September 10, 2010 |url =https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/celebrity-invention-marlon-brandos-drum-autotuner/62652/ |access-date = |archive-date =April 28, 2022 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220428114905/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/celebrity-invention-marlon-brandos-drum-autotuner/62652/ |url-status =live }}</ref> His assistant, Alice Marchak, resigned from her role due to his eccentric and unpredictable behavior.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marchak |first=Alice |author-link= |date=2008 |title=Me and Marlon |url= |location=Palm Desert |publisher=Marchak |page= |isbn=9780615222356}}</ref> Brando also made sketches and art as hobby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scrawl-picture-view-1515202|title=What Do Ernest Hemingway, Queen Victoria, and Marlon Brando Have in Common? They Were Dedicated Doodlers—See Their Work Here|date=April 11, 2019|website=Artnet News|access-date=June 7, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120060620/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scrawl-picture-view-1515202|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, Brando recorded voice tracks for the character Mrs. Sour in the unreleased animated film ''[[Big Bug Man]]''. This was his last role and his only role as a female character.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brando's Last Role: An Old Lady |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=July 2, 2004 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandos-last-role-an-old-lady/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928061628/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandos-last-role-an-old-lady/ |archive-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref> A longtime close friend of entertainer [[Michael Jackson]], Brando paid regular visits to his [[Neverland Ranch]], resting there for weeks at a time. Brando also participated in the singer's two-day solo career [[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration|30th-anniversary celebration concerts]] in 2001 and starred in his 13-minute-long music video "[[You Rock My World#Music video|You Rock My World]]", in the same year.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Brando's son Miko was Jackson's bodyguard and assistant for several years and was a friend of the singer. "The last time my father left his house to go anywhere, to spend any kind of time, it was with Michael Jackson", Miko stated. "He loved it ... He had a 24-hour chef, 24-hour security, 24-hour help, 24-hour kitchen, 24-hour maid service. Just carte blanche."<ref>{{cite web |last=Welkos |first=Robert W. |title=Behind the Scenes of Brando's Life |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-22-et-brando22-story.html |url-status=live |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 22, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526035103/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/sep/22/entertainment/et-brando22 |archive-date=May 26, 2017 }}</ref> "Michael was instrumental helping my father through the last few years of his life. For that I will always be indebted to him. Dad had a hard time breathing in his final days and he was on oxygen much of the time. He loved the outdoors, so Michael would invite him over to Neverland. Dad could name all the trees there and the flowers, but being on oxygen it was hard for him to get around and see them all, it's such a big place. So Michael got Dad a golf cart with a portable oxygen tank so he could go around and enjoy Neverland. They'd just drive around—Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando, with an oxygen tank in a golf cart."<ref>[http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/lkl-web-exclusive-michael-jacksons-friend-and-marlon-brandos-son-on-the-michael-jackson-he-knew/ "Michael Jackson's friend and Marlon Brando's son on the Michael Jackson he knew."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021192408/http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/lkl-web-exclusive-michael-jacksons-friend-and-marlon-brandos-son-on-the-michael-jackson-he-knew/ |date=October 21, 2013}} Larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com. Retrieved April 5, 2015.</ref> In April 2001, Brando was hospitalized with [[pneumonia]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1275390.stm "Marlon Brando 'in hospital'."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114145548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1275390.stm |date=November 14, 2020}} [[BBC News]], April 13, 2001. Retrieved April 5, 2015.</ref> In 2004, Brando signed with film director Ridha Behi and began preproduction on a project to be titled ''Brando and Brando''. Up to a week before his death, he was working on the script in anticipation of a July/August 2004 start date.<ref name="irelandonline">[http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/?jp=kfojojmhojey "Brando was working on final film."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308045826/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/?jp=kfojojmhojey |date=March 8, 2012}} ''[[Ireland Online]]'', March 7, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2015.</ref> Production was suspended in July 2004 following Brando's death, at which time Behi stated that he would continue the film as an homage to Brando,<ref name="foxnews1">[https://www.foxnews.com/story/brando-was-working-on-new-script "Brando Was Working on New Script."]  [[Fox News]], July 2, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2015.</ref> with a new title of ''Citizen Brando'',<ref name="bbc2">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/5017700.stm "Brando's final film back on track."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114145535/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5017700.stm |date=November 14, 2020}} BBC News, May 25, 2006.</ref><ref name="variety1">Laporte, Nicole. [https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&dept=cannes&nav=NCannes&articleid=VR1117944117&cs=1 "Helmer revives 'Brando' project."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111033343/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&dept=cannes&nav=NCannes&articleid=VR1117944117&cs=1 |date=January 11, 2012}} ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', May 25, 2006.</ref> which ultimately became ''[[Always Brando]]''.