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Monday, January 27, 2014

Ex-Marlboro Man Dies From Smoking-Related Disease

Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72.

Lawson died on January 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo, California, US, of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, his wife, Susan Lawson said Sunday.

Lawson was an actor with bit parts on such TV shows as "Baretta" and "The Streets of San Francisco" when he was hired to appear in print Marlboro ads from 1978 to 1981. His other credits include "Charlie's Angels," "Dynasty" and "Baywatch." His wife said injuries sustained on the set of a Western film ended his career in 1997.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

He died again?

Anonymous said...

Why do you think they are called "coffin nails"?

Anonymous said...

too bad you can't really blame it specifically on the cigarettes. I see plenty of people walking around with copd and oxygen tanks just for breathing polluted city air.

Anonymous said...

Charlie Tuna has got radiation poisoning now too