Ex-Marlboro man dies from smoking-related disease
By JOHN ROGERS
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it came to
portraying the rugged western outdoorsman who helped transform a pack
of filtered cigarettes into the world's most popular brand, Marlboro Man
Eric Lawson was the real deal.
Ruggedly
handsome, the actor could ride a horse through the wide-open spaces of
the Southwest, from Texas to Colorado to Arizona or wherever else the
Phillip Morris tobacco company sent him to light up while representing a
true American icon, the cowboy. And he really did smoke Marlboro
cigarettes, as many as three packs a day.
Lawson
was still smoking in 2006 when he was diagnosed with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. He died of the disease at his home in San
Luis Obispo on Jan. 10. He was 72.
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