Celebrities with Lung Cancer WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Celebrities with Lung Cancer
When celebrities with lung cancer go public with the disease, awareness increases.1 Older celebrities may have smoked in movies in the 1950s, a period when smoking exuded sex appeal and sophistication.1 The lung cancer death of celebrity Paul Newman is notable, as he succumbed to lung cancer after quitting smoking 30 years ago.1
Fast Facts:
- The personal disclosures of Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve (wife of Christopher Reeve) educated the country on the impact of lung cancer.2
- Paul Gleason, noted for his role as the principal in the 1980s classic movie The Breakfast Club, died of mesothelioma - a rare lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure.2
- Other celebrities with lung cancer include: Edward Albert, Jack Benny, Nat "King" Cole, Joe DiMaggio, Walt Disney, Dean Martin, and Steve McQueen, among others.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FoxNews: Paul Newman's Death Casts Spotlight on Lung Cancer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LungCancerNews: Celebrities with Lung Cancer
- ↑ Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors: Celebrities with Lung Cancer
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Lung Cancer and Celebrities, Celebrities Who Died From Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Celebrities, Celebrities and Lung Cancer
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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