Tobacco never affected anyone I've ever heard of . . .

03/02/2007 -

MYTH!

Smoking has caused the death of millions of people, including hundreds of celebrities over the years. Here are a few whose fame and fortune could not help them break the addiction that woould eventually lead to their death:

Peter Jennings (news anchor), 1938 - 2005 – lung cancer

Nat “King” Cole (singer), 1919 - 1965 – lung cancer

Graham Chapman (actor/comedian), 1941 - 1989 – throat cancer

Wayne McLaren (Marlboro cowboy), 1940 - 1992 – lung cancer

Roger Maris (baseball player), 1934 - 1985 – lung cancer

Babe Ruth (baseball player), 1895 - 1948 – oral cancer

Jerry Garcia (musician), 1942 - 1995 – heart attack

Roy Orbison (musician), 1936 - 1988 – heart attack

Humphrey Bogart (actor), 1899 - 1957 – esophagus cancer

Betty Grable (pin-up, actress), 1916 - 1973 – lung cancer

George Harrison (musician), 1943 - 2001 – lung cancer

Wolfman Jack (radio personality, d. j.), 1939 - 1995 – heart attack

R. J. Reynolds Sr. (tobacco company founder), 1850 - 1918 – emphysema

R. J. Reynolds Jr. (tobacco company heir), 1906 - 1964 – emphysema

R. J. Reynolds III (tobacco company heir), 1934 - 1994 – emphysema

Gracie Allen (entertainer, wife of George Burns), 1902 - 1964 – heart attack

Clark Gable (actor), 1901 - 1966 – heart attack

Anne Ramsey (actor, “Goonies”), 1929 - 1988 – throat cancer

Errol Flynn (actor), 1909 - 1959 – heart attack

Lon Chaney Sr. (actor/director), 1883 - 1930 – lung cancer

Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), 1906 - 1973 – lung cancer

Jim Varney (comedian/actor), 1949 - 2000 – lung cancer

Carl Wilson (musician), 1946 - 1998 – lung cancer

Lucille Ball (actor/comedian), 1911 - 1989 – heart disease

John Candy (actor/comedian), 1950 - 1994 – heart disease

Sammy Davis Jr. (entertainer), 1925 - 1990 – throat cancer

Walt Disney (Walt Disney Company founder), 1901 - 1966 – lung cancer

Jackie Gleason (actor), 1916 - 1987 – heart disease

Ed Sullivan (television personality), 1901 - 1974 – lung cancer

John Wayne (actor), 1907 - 1979 – lung cancer

Steve McQueen (actor), 1930 - 1980 – lung cancer

Jacqueline Onassis (First Lady), 1929 - 1994 – non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Boris Karloff (actor), 1887 - 1969 – heart and lung disease

Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist), 1865 - 1939 – cancer of the jaw

Louis Armstrong (musician), 1901 - 1971 – heart attack

Bob Marley (musician), 1945 - 1981 – lung cancer