Posted on 01/27/2014 8:46:10 PM PST by chessplayer
Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72.
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. Susan said her husband was proud of the interview, even though he was smoking at the time and continued the habit until he was diagnosed with COPD.
“He knew the cigarettes had a hold on him,” she said. “He knew, yet he still couldn’t stop.”
A few actors and models who pitched Marlboro brand cigarettes have died of smoking-related diseases. They include David Millar, who died of emphysema in 1987, and David McLean, who died of lung cancer in 1995.
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A still tongue makes for a happy life.
BCNU!
Amen
My friend chained smoked for well over 30 years. He developed
heart disease in the 80s. I don’t know how he did it but he got
on a heart transplant list. The transplant was a success and he
did well for a few years but he took to smoking again. He died
of lung cancer. Waste of a heart, I suppose .
Silly woman could have made 105 /s
Makes you wonder :)
Did you pay for it?
What was yer gripe?
Everybody is going to die of something... Sooner or later.
He chose to light his first cigarette, but from then on it’s less of a choice and more a ruthless addiction. From what they say, cigarette companies actually try to make their product more addicting. I actually quit 4 times, each time the harder than the last. I can’t really blame someone for not being able to quit on their own.
I think maybe you have not seen many people die. Gasping for air is, shall we say, common in deaths that are not trauma.
Yes it does.
My father was a twin and he and my Uncle were thick as cotton..They lived the same way but Dad died first and uncle died 15 years later from an unrelated complication.
THEY were thick as cotton, shared the same genetics.
Nobody escapes alive.
I think that your numbers are incorrect. It appears that you are not considering the fact that Lawson achieved 72 years of age, a fact that changes his life expectancy from what it was at birth. I’m looking at a table that DOES consider age, (and this table is from the early 1980’s) and it says that a 70 yr old white male has an expected additional 11.5 years of life left. So Lawson should have lived at least 81.5 years. My info is from a book titled “The New York Public Library Desk Reference” C.1989 by the N.Y. Public Library, page 612.
When I go I want to go out peaceful like Pee Pah and not like all the people in his car that were screaming.
That is a true story
Slow your roll, pard. I wasn’t passing judgment.
Why so defensive? For all you know I smoke a pack a day.
In fact, I dip Cope.
Aight Buddy.
No Offense.
Will you still be voting, too?
i know i’m going to be greatful to God if i get north of three score and ten.
i admit, though it’s too late for me, i’d sit up and take notice if one of these health paragons managed to live to 150 or so. there ought to be some sort of prize for it.
It pains me to see them drop.
Have a smile. ☺
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