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Actor who played Marlboro Man in ads dies from smoking-related disease
Eric Lawson, a working actor who portrayed the Marlboro Man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72.
Lawson's wife, Susan Lawson, said Sunday that her husband died Jan. 10 at his California home. The cause was respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
The ruggedly handsome Lawson portrayed the smoking cowboy in Marlboro print ads from 1978 to 1981. He also had bit parts in such TV shows as "Baretta" and "Charlie's Angels" before injuries sustained on the set of a Western film ended his acting career.
A smoker since age 14, Lawson later appeared in an anti-smoking commercial that parodied the Marlboro Man and an "Entertainment Tonight" segment to discuss the negative effects of smoking.
He is also survived by six children.
The Associated Press
Eric Lawson, a working actor who portrayed the Marlboro Man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72.
Lawson's wife, Susan Lawson, said Sunday that her husband died Jan. 10 at his California home. The cause was respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
The ruggedly handsome Lawson portrayed the smoking cowboy in Marlboro print ads from 1978 to 1981. He also had bit parts in such TV shows as "Baretta" and "Charlie's Angels" before injuries sustained on the set of a Western film ended his acting career.
A smoker since age 14, Lawson later appeared in an anti-smoking commercial that parodied the Marlboro Man and an "Entertainment Tonight" segment to discuss the negative effects of smoking.
He is also survived by six children.
The Associated Press
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Hugs,
Dennis
Many of the men that did Marlboro advertisements died from lung ailments. I am sorry for the loss of each of them.
"Although diseases such as lung cancer and COPD are strongly linked to cigarette smoking, it is not possible to definitively determine that any particular instance of such a disease was caused by smoking."
I put that list of notable people dying from COPD here a couple of weeks ago, it had 2 members of the tobacco family the R.J. Reynolds, that died from COPD.
The MANY men who portrayed the Marlboro Man. All died of lung cancer. A very interesting read
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i always think of "the one" on the old tv commercials when i was a kid.
i heard MANY years ago he had gotten/died of lung cancer.
i think this is the one i remember best;
David McLean, who appeared in many Marlboro television and print advertisements starting in the early 1960s, also died of cancer at age 73 on 12 October 1995.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marlboro.asp#SIleGEdPtROrOxf1.99
so sad for all of them.
It's a DAMN CRIME that we can't fight big tobacco on this so our loved ones won't have to suffer too much after we're gone.
There has to be a way to bring big tobacco down! Many have tried, and just as many have failed!