Whoopi Goldberg recalls inheriting land on Marlon Brando's island after his death in her new memoir

The EGOT, unfortunately, had to give it back to his family.

Whoopi Goldberg discusses her friendship with 20th century acting legend Marlon Brando, how she inherited land on his private island, and why she had to give it back in her new memoir, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me.

Goldberg met the vaunted actor in the early '90s, after her agent called and told her, "Marlon Brando wants to talk to you." At first, the Sister Act star thought he was "bulls---ting" her, but her agent assured her, "He likes you and wants to know you as a friend."

Her agent gave Brando the actress' number, and he called her up shortly thereafter. They struck up a friendly conversation, with plans to meet later that week.

Goldberg's mother Emma Harris and brother Clyde Johnson were staying with her at her house in the Pacific Palisades and stepped out together, leaving Goldberg alone with her housekeeper.

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Goldberg went out to her garden to cut some flowers for a vase, when she heard someone playing piano inside her house. Knowing her housekeeper didn't tickle the ivories, she thought someone had broken into her home. Armed with a shovel, the actress ventured inside to find Marlon Brando playing "Stardust."

"I was standing there with a shovel handle in my hand thinking, Marlon Brando is playing piano in my house!" she writes. "I’m sure my mouth was hanging open."

Brando had enjoyed their phone chat so much he decided to head on over to her house immediately, and her housekeeper let him in.

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Goldberg took the two-time Oscar-winning interloper into her living room and picked up where their phone call left off. About 30 minutes later, her mother and brother walked in. According to the author, her mother, a huge fan of Brando, turned into "a sexpot" before her very eyes, speaking rather seductively to the Godfather star, while Clyde and Brando got along like old buddies from the block.

The famous pair talked a bit more, with Brando telling Goldberg about his island in Fiji and his efforts at ecological preservation. They continued their friendship until Brando's death in 2004, and in his will, the actor left his pal a parcel of land on his island, which completely took Goldberg by surprise.

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An attorney for Brando's family later reached out to Goldberg, however, asking for the land back. Turns out the late actor gifted land to a lot of his friends, so much so that "if everybody keeps theirs, there won’t be an island left.” Goldberg graciously returned the land to his family.

This is just one of many anecdotes from the new book, a "semi-autobiographical" chronicle of her life growing up in the Chelsea district of New York City, where she and Clyde were raised by Harris.

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"This book is dedicated to my mother and my brother and our time together as a small, funny little unit," the 68-year-old said of the book in a statement to PEOPLE. "It’s dedicated to anyone who’s found themselves on a scary path not of their choosing or dealing with loss."

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me is now available from booksellers everywhere.

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