Alexborder's List: Marlboro Man

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• A. The answer is yes. The stetson wearing, rugged face of Marlboro did in fact die of lung cancer, not just once, but twice.
• he first Marlboro Man to die of lung cancer was Wayne McClaren in 1992. He appeared in ads for Marlboro in 1976
• David McClean,
• lung cancer in 1995

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• From 1978 to 1981, Lawson appeared in print ads as “The Marlboro Man,”
• starting at the age of 14, though he quit when he was diagnosed with COPD. “He knew the cigarettes had a hold on him,” she said in an interview with Variety. “He knew, yet he still couldn’t stop.”

• Lawson isn’t the only former face of Marlboro to die from smoking-related diseases. Wayne McLaren, who appeared in Marlboro print ads, died of lung cancer in 1992, and David McLean, who appeared in print and television spots, died of lung cancer in 1995.

   

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• Marlboro Man David Millar of Meriden, N.H., succumbed to ephysema in 1987 at age 81.
• Wayne McLaren died of lung cancer in 1992 at age 51 after 25 years of smoking.  His modeling job with Marlboro was followed by an anti-smoking campaign that lasted until his death.
• The latest was Eric Lawson, 72, who appeared in Marlboro print ads from 1978 to 1981. He died in San Luis Obispo on Jan. 10. 

• She said he died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is most frequently caused by smoking. He took up the habit at age 14.
• She said he died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is most frequently caused by smoking. He took up the habit at age 14.
• Marlboro Man David Millar of Meriden, N.H., succumbed to ephysema in 1987 at age 81.
• Wayne McLaren died of lung cancer in 1992 at age 51 after 25 years of smoking.  His modeling job with Marlboro was followed by an anti-smoking campaign that lasted until his death.
• Take care of the children. Tobacco will kill you, and I am living proof of it."
• died of lung cancer at 73 in the UCLA Medical Center in 1995. His widow later sued Philip Morris, contending that McLean had to smoke pack after pack of cigarettes during Marlboro shoots so  directors could create the perfect scene.
• contending that McLean had to smoke pack after pack of cigarettes during Marlboro shoots so  directors could create the perfect scene.
• The commercials were very carefully orchestrated, and David McLean was required to smoke up to five packs per take in order to get the ashes to fall a certain way, the smoke to rise a certain way and the hand to hold the cigarette in a certain way."
• David McLean was required to smoke up to five packs per take in order to get the ashes to fall a certain way, the smoke to rise a certain way and the hand to hold the cigarette in a certain way."

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