Rock Brynner Dies: Yul Brynner’s Son & Former Bodyguard to Muhammad Ali Was 76

Author Rock Brynner sitting at picnic table, playing his guitar & singing, at home.
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Rock Brynner, the son of legendary actor Yul Brynner, who cut his own path as a writer, historian, novelist, playwright, bodyguard, and more, has died. He was 76.

According to the New York Times, Rock passed away on Friday, October 13, at a hospice in Salisbury, Connecticut. His close friend, Maria Cuomo Cole, said the cause of death was due to complications of multiple myeloma.

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