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Shouldn't Peter Jennings still be doing the ABC evening news?
What will you give up early, smoked nicotine or life? Click Peter's picture to see his killer. |
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Most Recent Passing
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"Punch" Andrews - age 43 - March 30, 2008
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Fame Struck Down by Nicotine Dependency
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| Bill Hicks, 32, comedian * pancreatic cancer |
| Lorraine Hansberry, 34, playwright (Raisin in the Sun) pancreatic cancer |
| Luiz Jose Costa, 36, Brazilian music star * lung cancer |
| Carrie Hamilton, 38, actress, Carol Burnett's daughter * lung cancer |
| Wilhelmina Cooper, 40, modeling pioneer * lung cancer |
| Eric Carr, 41, musician (Kiss drummer) * heart and lung cancer |
| Carolina Knapp, 42, author (Pack of Two/The Hunger) * lung cancer |
| Judy Holliday, 43, actress * throat cancer |
| Chris "Punch" Andrews, 43, popular Toronto radio DJ * lung cancer |
| Nat "King" Cole, 45, singer * lung cancer |
| Nancy Gore Hunger, 46, sister of V.P. Al Gore * lung cancer |
| Lon Chaney, 47, actor/director * lung cancer |
| Graham Chapman 48 comic ("Monty Python") * throat cancer |
| Mary Wells, 49, singer ("My Guy") * larynx cancer |
| Jack Cassidy, 50, actor * died in a fire from smoking in bed |
| Errol Flynn, 50, actor *heart attack |
| Jim Varney, 50, comedian (Ernest) * lung cancer |
| Roger Maris, 51, baseball player (N.Y. Yankees) * lung cancer |
| Wayne McLaren, 51, "Marlboro Cowboy" * lung cancer |
| Robert Shaw, 51, actor (Jaws) * heart attack |
| Rod Serling, 51, director & heavy smoker * heart disease |
| Carl Wilson, 51, musician (Beach Boys) * lung cancer |
| Lloyd Haynes, 52, TV actor (General Hospital) * lung cancer |
| Eddie Kendrick, 52, singer (Temptations) * lung cancer |
| Roy Orbison, 52, singer ("Pretty Woman") * heart attack |
| Jimmy Dorsey, 53, musician, band leader * lung cancer |
| Jerry Garcia, 53, musician (Grateful Dead) * heart attack |
| Lindley ("Spike") Jones, 53, band leader * emphysema |
| Babe Ruth, 53, baseball player * oral cancer |
| William Talman, 53, actor (Perry Mason's adversary) * lung cancer |
| Jack Wild, 53, actor (Artful Dodger in Oliver) * mouth cancer |
| Mark Belanger, 54, baseball shortstop Orioles * lung cancer |
| Michael Landon, 54, actor * pancreas and liver cancer |
| Larry Gilbert, 55, PGA golfer * lung cancer |
| Susan Hayward, 55, actress * lung cancer |
| Lee Remick, 55, actress * lung and liver cancer |
| Ian Fleming, 56, James Bond creator * heart attack |
| King George VI, 56, Father of Queen Elizabeth II * lung cancer |
| Betty Grable, 56, "pin-up" girl, actress * lung cancer |
| Doug McLure, 56, TV actor (The Virginian) * lung cancer |
| Roger Miller, 56, singer/songwriter * lung/throat cancer |
| Eddie Rabbitt, 56, singer/song writer * lung cancer |
| Humphrey Bogart, 57, actor ("Casablanca") * esophagus cancer |
| Wolfman Jack, 57, music disk jockey * heart attack |
| Edward R. Murrow, 57, reporter * lung cancer |
| Will Thornbury, 57, modeled for Camel TV ads * lung cancer |
| George Harrison, 58, musician (The Beatles) * lung cancer |
| R.J. Reynolds, 58, tobacco company founder * emphysema |
| R.J. Reynolds, III, 59, tobacco company heir * emphysema |
| Clark Gable, 59, actor ("Gone With The Wind") * heart attack |
| Anne Ramsey, 59, actress (Goonies - Mama Fratelli) * throat cancer |
| A 50% chance of exchanging 5,000 sunrises for 1 chemical. Why? |
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