Mae West Died of a stroke at 87 1936 Public Domain
Lauren Bacal
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Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart died of a massive stroke and Marcel Dalio in To Have and Have Not (1944) Public Domain
John Wayne
Had Lung Cancer and Stomach Cancer
John Wayne, a six-pack-a-day smoker, lost his left lung in 1964 at age 57 to lung cancer. He went on to star in 27 more movies, inlcuding ?Rooster Cogburn? and his all-time classic ?True Grit?.
Jacques Brel, legendary poet, performer, musician, actor, director. In 1974 he had an operation in Brussels.
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John Wayne in The Comancheros (1961) Died of stomach cancer Public Domain
Jaque Brel
Had Lung Cancer and Died of a Pulmonary Embolus
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Jacques Brel, 1971 Had lung cancer died of pulmonary embolism at the age of 49 Rob Mieremet / Anefo
Walt Disney
Walt Disney lost a lung to cancer, which later recurred and took his life.
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Walt Disney Disney had been a heavy smoker since World War I. He did not use cigarettes with filters and had smoked a pipe as a young man. In early November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was treated with cobalt therapy Died of lung cancer public domain
Jimi Hendrix Died of an Overdose and Aspiration
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Hendrix on stage at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1967 aspirated on his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates public domain
George Harrison
Died of head and Neck and Lung Cancer
George Harrison of the Beatles died of pharyngeal cancer at age 57.
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George Harrison at a Beatles press conference in Amsterdam in 1964 Head and neck cancer and non small cell lung cancer metastatic to the brain http://www.gahetna.nl/over-ons/open-data
he and his wife were also attacked by a psychiatric patient with a knife and he sustained a pneumothorax
King George VI
Died of Lung Cancer
The reign of George VI was marked by the relinquishment of the title of Emperor of India, following the partition of India in 1947 into Pakistan and India. George VI had cancer of the lung, resulting in resection of the lung
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King George VI developed lung cancer among other ailments, including arteriosclerosis and Buerger’s disease. Public Domain
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The Duke and Duchess of York (centre, reading programmes) at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Note the cigarette Brisbane, Queensland, 1927
Lung Cancer – had a pneumonectomy in 1980, but still continued to sing and passed in 1981.
Kiel Martin Died of Lung cancer
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HILL STREET BLUES — “Film at Eleven” Episode 106 — Pictured: (l-r) Kiel Martin as Det. Johnny “J.D.” LaRue, Taurean Blacque as Det. Neal Washington, Michael Warren as Officer Bobby Hill — (Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
Kiel Martin of Hill Street Blues died of lung cancer at age 46.
The two co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (Bill Wilson and Bob Smith) both died of lung cancer at ages 75 and 71 respectively.
Bill Wilson Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Emphysema
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Bill Wilson Co Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Former alcoholic, heavy smoker, Wilson eventually suffered from emphysema and later pneumonia Credit Craig Line
Morton Downey Jr. Television Talk Show Host and Actor Died of lung cancer at age 67.
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Morton Downey Jr 1980s Died of lung cancer at age 67 Credit Alex Lozupone
Graham Chapman,
Monty Python comic,
died of throat cancer metastatic to spine at age 48.
Was an alcoholic
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Graham Chapman Credit http://www.cardinalfang.net/biographies/chapman_biog.html
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Graham Chapman ended several Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketches mid-flow dressed as The Colonel, complaining they were “too silly” Credit British Broadcasting Corporation
Eric Carr (Paul Caravello), the drummer for Kiss, died of lung cancer at age 41.
William Talman, lawyer on Perry Mason, died of lung cancer at age 51.
Jagziekte in Sheep
There is a disease in South African sheep called ?jagziekte? which histologically is similar to bronchioalveolar cancer. Efforts to use this knowledge to identify a transmissable agent have not been successful, but it is important to continue pursuit since ther certainly must be a transmissable agent.
