FAMOUS PEOPLE WE LOST
"PROBABLE CAUSE....SMOKING......"
- ALLEN GRACIE, 58 ACTRESS, HEART ATTACK (AUGUST 27-1964)
THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW. ALLEN LIVED WITH GEORGE BURNS
AN INVETERATE CIGAR SMOKER FOR 28 YEARS. SHE HAD A LONG
HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS
- ARNAZ DESI, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (DECEMBER 2-1986)
I LOVE LUCY
- BALL LUCILLE, ACTRESS, LUNG CANCER
I LOVE LUCY
- BENNY JACK, 80 COMEDIAN, LUNG CANCER (DECEMBER 26-1974)
- BENADERET BEA, 62 ACTRESS EMPHYSEMA/LUNG CANCER (OCTOBER 13-1968)
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, BURNS & ALLEN, PETTICOAT JUNCTION
- BERNSTEIN LENNY, 72 COMPOSER,
HEART ATTACK DUE TO LUNG FAILURE (OCTOBER 14-1990)
- BLAKE, AMANDA, 60 ACTRESS, THROAT CANCER (AUGUST 16-1989)
MISS KITTY ON GUNSMOKE. AT 48 BLAKE, ONCE A 2 PACK A DAY SMOKER HAD A MALIGNANT TUMOR REMOVED FROM HER TONGUE, SHE RELEARNED HOW TO SPEAK, TOURED FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND FOUGHT ORAL CANCER UNTIL HER DEATH 12 YEARS LATER.
- BOGART HUMPHREY, 57 ACTOR, CANCER OF THE ESOPHAGUS (JANUARY 14-1957)
- BRYNNER YUL, 65 ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (FALL 1985)
DIAGNOSED IN 1983 BRYNNER MADE A MEMORABLE ANTI SMOKING COMMERCIAL.
- CANDY JOHN, ACTOR, HEART ATTACK (MARCH 4-1994)
- CASSIDY JACK, 50 ACTOR,
DIED IN A FIRE FROM SMOKING IN BED (DECEMBER 12-1976) FATHER OF PATRICK AND SHAUN CASSIDY. STEP FATHER OF DAVID CASSIDY.
- CLOONEY, ROSEMARY,74 SINGER, ACTRESS LUNG CANCER (6-30-2002)
- COBB TY, 74 BASEBALL PLAYER,
CANCER & CHRONIC HEART DISEASE (JULY 17-1961)
- COLE NAT KING, 45 SINGER,
DIED AFTER SURGERY FOR LUNG CANCER (FEBRUARY 25-1965)
- CONNORS CHUCK, 71 ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (NOVEMBER 10-1992)
THE RIFLE MAN
- COOPER GARY, 60 ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (MAY 13-1961)
- CROSBY GARY, 61 AUTHOR, SON OF BING CROSBY, LUNG CANCER (AUGUST 24-1995)
- DAVIS JR. SAMMY, ENTERTAINER, LUNG CANCER
- DISNEY WALT, 65 ANIMATOR, PRODUCER, LUNG CANCER(DECEMBER 15-1966)
- DORSEY JIMMY, 53 MUSICIAN, LUNG CANCER (JUNE 12-1957)
- DOWNEY MORTON,67 TALK SHOW HOST (THE MOUTH) LUNG CANCER (3-11-2001)
- ELIOT T.S., 76 AUTHOR, POET, EMPHYSEMA (JANUARY 4-1965)
- ELLINGTON DUKE, 75 COMPOSER/BAND LEADER, LUNG CANCER(MAY 24-1974)
- FARINA MIMI,56 SINGER COMPLICATIONS FROM LUNG CANCER (7-18-2001)
- FENNEMAN GEORGE, 77 ANNOUNCER, ACTOR EMPHYSEMA (MAY 19-1997)
GROUCHO MARX SIDEKICK, YOU BET YOUR LIFE.
- FINKS JIM, 65 NEW ORLEANS SAINT FOOTBALL TEAM PRESIDENT/ MANAGER,
LUNG CANCER (1993)
- FREUD SIGMUND, 83 CANCER OF THE JAW (1939)
- GABLE CLARK, 59 HEART ATTACK (NOVEMBER 16-1960)
- GLEASON JACKIE, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER
- GODFREY ARTHUR, LUNG CANCER
- GOTTI JOHN,MAFIA DON, THROAT CANCER (6-10-2002)
THE ONCE POWERFUL BOSS WAS 100LBS WHEN HE DIED. HE HAD NOT BEEN
ABLE TO EAT SOLID FOOD FOR A YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH.
- GRANT GENERAL ULYSSES S, THROAT CANCER (JULY 23-1885)
- GRABLE BETTY, 56 ACTRESS, LUNG CANCER (JULY 2-1973)
- GUARDINO HARRY, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER HAMILTON CARRIE,WRITER, PRODUCER LUNG CANCER (2-2002)
DAUGHTER OF CAROL BURNETT
- HARRISON GEORGE,58 MUSICIAN-LUNG CANCER (11-29-01)
THE QUIET BEETLE. IN 1998, HE UNDERWENT RADIATION THERAPY
FOR THROAT CANCER, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO YEARS OF SMOKING.
- HAYNES LLOYD, 52,TV ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (DECEMBER 31-1986)
GENERAL HOSPITAL, MR DIXON IN ROOM 222.
- HAYWARD SUSAN 55,ACTRESS, LUNG CANCER METASTIZED TO HER BRAIN (MARCH 14-1975)
- HELLMAN LILLIAN, AUTHOR, LUNG CANCER
THE LITTLE FOXES
- HENDRSON JOE,64 JAZZ TENOR SAXOPHONIST HEART FAILURE FOLLOWING
A LONG BOUT WITH EMPHYSEMA (6-30-2001)
- HOBBS ELSBEARY, SINGER THROAT AND LING CANCER (MAY 31-1996)
BASS SINGER WITH THE DRIFTERS
- HOLLIDAY JUDY, 43, ACTRESS, THROAT CANCER (JUNE7-1965)
- HOWARD MO, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER
THE BOSS STOOGE OF THE THREE STOOGES
- IVES BURL, ACTOR, ORAL CANCER (APRIL 14-1995)
- KARLOFF BORIS, ACTOR, HEART AND LUNG DISEASE (FEBRUARY 2-1969)
- KEATON BUSTER, DEADPAN SILENT FILM ACTOR, LING CANCER (FEBRUARY 1-1966)
- KOVACS ERNIE, 43, TV PERSONALITY,
DIED FROM A SKULL FRACTURE FROM AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CAUSED WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO LIGHT HIS TRADEMARK CIGAR.
(JANUARY 11-1962)
- LANDON MICHAEL, 54, ACTOR, CANCER OF THE PANCREAS AND LIVER (JULY 1-1991)
BONANZA, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
- MARTIN DEAN, 78 SINGER ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE (12-25-95)
- MARVIN LEE, 67, HEART ATTACK (AUGUST 29-1987)
- MARX GROUCHO, 86, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (AUGUST 19-1977)
- MATTHAU WALTER,79 ACTOR- HEART ATTACK 6-30-2000)
WHILE MAKING THE MOVIE "THE FORTUNE COOKIE" IN 1966 HE
SUFFERED A SERIOUS HEART ATTACK. hIS DOCTOR ATTRIBUTED IT
TO SMOKING 3 PACKS A DAY.
- MAXWELL MARILYN, 49, ACTRESS/PERFORMER, HEART ATTACK (MARCH 20-1972)
- MCCLAREN WAYNE, 51, MODEL LUNG CANCER (SUMMER-1992)
MARBORO COWBOY
- MCCLEAN DAVID, 73, TV MOVIE ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (OCT 12-1995)
FORMER TV "MARLBORO MAN"
- MCLURE DOUG, 56, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (FEBRUARY 5-1995)
THE VIRGINIAN
- MCQUEEN STEVE,ACTOR, LUNG CANCER
- MEADOWS AUDREY, 71, ACTRESS, LUNG CANCER (2-3-1996)
THE HONEYMOONERS
- MERCOURI MELINA, ACTRESS LUNG CANCER (3-6-1994)
- MILLAR DAVID, MODEL, COMPLICATIONS FROM EMPHYSEMA
MILLAR WAS THE FIRST MARLBORO MAN
- MITCHUM ROBERT,79, ACTOR LUNG CANCER (7-1-1997)
- MOORE GARY,78, GAME SHOW HOST, EMPHSEMA, (11-28-1993)
I'VE GOT A SECRET, TO TELL THE TRUTH
- MURROW EDWARD,NEWSCASTER, LUNG CANCER
HOST OF THE CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN
- ONEAL PATRIC, 66 ACTOR, LUNG CANCER, (8-1994)
THE KREMLIN LETTER
- PARKS BERT,77 ACTOR, SINGER, LUNG CANCER (2-2-1992)
- PRICE VINCENT,ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (10-26-1993)
- RAMSEY ANNE,59,ACTRESS, THROAT CANCER (3-6-1982)
THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN
- RAY ALDO,64, ACTOR COMPLICATIONS FROM THROAT CANCER (3-27-1991)
- REMICK LEE,55 ACTRESS, LUNG AND LIVER CANCER (JULY 1-1991)
- RUTH BABE,53 BASEBALL PLAYER, ORAL CANCER 8-28-1948)
- SMITH "SONIC"FRED,ROCK MUSICIAN, HEART FAILURE (11-4-1994)
GUITARIST WITH MC5
- SOO JACK,63, CANCER OF THE ESOPHAGUS (JANUARY 11, 1979)
BARNEY MILLER
- STANDER LIONEL,82 ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (NOVEMBER 30-1994)
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, MAX IN HART TO HART
- STANWYCK BARBARA,82, ACTRESS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (1-20-1990)
- TALMAN WILLIAM, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (AUGUST 30-1968)
PERRY MASON SERIES. WHEN HE CAME DOWN WITH LUNG CANCER, HE WAS THE FIRST ACTOR TO DO A TV COMMERCIAL ON THE DANGER OF SMOKING. HE DIED BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL AIRED.
- THORNBURY WILL,57 MODEL, LUNG CANCER (1992)
MODELED FOR CAMEL TV ADS.
- TIERNEY JEANNE, 70 ACTRESS, EMPHYSEMA (NOVEMBER 6-1991)
- TONE FRANCHOT,ACTOR, LUNG CANCER (SEPTEMBER 18-1968)
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
- TRACY SPENCER,66 LUNG CONGESTION, HEART ATTACK (6-10-1967)
- TUBB ERNEST,70, SINGER, EMPHYSEMA (9-6-1984)
WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS, I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU
- TUCKER FORREST, 67, ACTOR, LUNG CANCER AND EMPHYSEMA (10-25-1986)
- TUCKER SOPHIE,76, ENTERTAINER, LUNG CANCER (2-9-1966)
- TURNER LANA, ACTRESS THROAT CANCER (6-1995)
- VARNEY JIM,ACTOR LUNG CANCER (2-10-2000)
- VAUGHAN SARAH,SINGER, LUNG CANCER
- WALKER NANCY,69, ACTRESS, LUNG CANCER (3-25-1992)
- WAYNE JOHN, 72, ACTOR, CANCER TOOK A LUNG IN 1963,
HAD MANY BATTLES WITH HEART DISEASE AND OTHER CANCERS. (JUNE 11-1979)
- WELLS MARY,49, SINGER, LARYNX CANCER (1992)
MY GUY
- WHEELER BERT,COMEDIAN, EMPHYSEMA (JANUARY 18-1968)
- WILLIAMS TEX, SINGER, LUNG CANCER (10-13-1985)
SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE
- WOLFMAN JACK, 57, RADIO PERSONALITY, ACTOR, HEART ATTACK, 7-1-1995)
- YOUNG FARON, 64, COUNTRY SINGER,
SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND (12-10-1996) YOUNG HAD BEEN DEPRESSED ABOUT EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.
- YOUNG COLEMAN,79, DETROIT, MICHIGANS LONGES SERVING MAYOR, EMPHYSEMA (11-29-1997)
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