What celebrities have died from smoking?

Question

Does anyone know any actors, musicians or other celebrities that have died from lung cancer or other smoking related problems? And are there any current celebrities with complications from smoking?

Answer 1

Search http://www.imdb.com for lung cancer under BIOS and find a bunch. I list the 1st 150 here and I'm only up to the letter D:

A.D.G. (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... 004, Paris, France (lung cancer) ...
Creighton Williams Abrams (actor)
Date of death (details): ... t of Columbia, USA (lung cancer) ...
Robert Addie (actor)
Date of death (details): ... enham, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Buddy Adler (actor, writer, producer)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... oung, he at 51 from lung cancer and ...
Björn Afzelius (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... alands län, Sweden (lung cancer) ...
Yoshiji Akaki (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 1995, Tokyo, Japan (lung cancer) ...
Edward Albert (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... u, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... with lung cancer. He died surrounded ...
Dennis Allen (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ity, Missouri, USA (lung cancer) ...
Robert Allen (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): 9 October 1998, Oyster Bay, Long Island, ...
Steve Allison (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Abraham Almanza (actor)
Mini biography: Abraham Almanza is an up and coming acto ...
Dale Alvarez (actor)
Date of death (details): ... o, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Shirô Amakusa (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 25 July 1986 (lung cancer) ...
Stephen Ambrose (actor, writer, producer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... , Mississippi, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tomio Aoki (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 4, Setagaya, Tokyo (lung cancer) ...
Yuuji Aoki (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... 5 September 2003 (lung cancer) ...
John Archer (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, Washington, USA (lung cancer) ...
Victor Argo (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... ity, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... complications of lung cancer, Victor realized a ...
Desi Arnaz (actor, director, writer, producer, other crew member, production manager)
Date of death (details): ... r, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... diagnosed with lung cancer, and died on Decemb ...
Norberto Aroldi (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... s Aires, Argentina (lung cancer) ...
René Arzic (actor)
Date of death (details): ... , Vaucluse, France (lung cancer) ...
René Assa (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Bobby Astyr (actor)
Mini biography: ... until Astyr died of lung cancer in 2002. ...
Date of death (details): ... tan, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Roscoe Ates (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tom Atkins (actor)
Trivia: ... vid Lewell, died of lung cancer in ...
Frank Attardi (actor)
Date of death (details): ... eptember 2004, USA (lung cancer) ...
Gene Austin (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tex Avery (actor, director, writer, producer, other crew member, art department member)
Date of death (details): ... k, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Stanley Baker (actor, producer)
Trivia: ... beaten his lung cancer following surgery, ...
Date of death (details): ... , Andalusia, Spain (lung cancer and pneumonia) ...
Mini biography: ... succumbed to lung cancer and died at the ear ...
Albert Band (actor, director, writer, producer, other crew member, production manager)
Mini biography: ... 2002 of stomach and lung cancer. His other son, 'Ri ...
Peter Bardens (actor, composer)
Date of death (details): ... u, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Roosevelt Barnes (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ago, Illinois, USA (lung cancer) ...
Chuck Barris (actor, composer, director, writer, producer, other crew member)
Trivia: ... * Survived lung cancer. ...
Bernard Barrow (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ork, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Michael Barrymore (actor)
Trivia: * In April 2001 he was questioned by pol ...
Jason Beck (II) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Renaldo Benson (actor)
Date of death (details): ... oit, Michigan, USA (lung cancer) ...
Joe Berger (I) (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... 1, Vienna, Austria (lung cancer) ...
Bill Berry (V) (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Jay Berwanger (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ook, Illinois, USA (lung cancer) ...
Claude Bessey (actor)
Date of death (details): ... , Barcelona, Spain (lung cancer) ...
Carl Betz (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Gordon Bilboe (actor)
Date of death (details): ... shire, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Maurice Binder (actor, producer, other crew member, art director, special effects department member, art department member, visual effects department member)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Halvar Björk (actor)
Date of death (details): ... kholms län, Sweden (lung cancer) ...
Lewis Black (actor, writer, producer)
Trivia: ... er, Ronald, died of lung cancer in his 30s. ...
Art Blakey (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... ork, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Peter Blythe (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... orset, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Ralf D. Bode (actor, cinematographer, production manager)
Mini biography: ... contracted lung cancer and died at 59 in 2 ...
Bobby Bonds (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Maurice Binder (actor, producer, other crew member, art director, special effects department member, art department member, visual effects department member)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Halvar Björk (actor)
Date of death (details): ... kholms län, Sweden (lung cancer) ...
Lewis Black (actor, writer, producer)
Trivia: ... er, Ronald, died of lung cancer in his 30s. ...
Art Blakey (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... ork, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Peter Blythe (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... orset, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Ralf D. Bode (actor, cinematographer, production manager)
Mini biography: ... contracted lung cancer and died at 59 in 2 ...
Bobby Bonds (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
John Boylan (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... e, Washington, USA (lung cancer/pneumonia) ...
Slavko Brankov (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 6, Zagreb, Croatia (lung cancer) ...
Jacques Brel (actor, composer, director, writer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... -de-France, France (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... covered that he had lung cancer. The illness took h ...
Beppo Brem (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 0, Munich, Germany (lung cancer) ...
Wally Brighton (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 8 June 1938, USA (lung cancer) ...
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (actor)
Date of death (details): ... Orange, Texas, USA (lung cancer and heart disease) ...
Trivia: ... * Although battling lung cancer and heart disease, ...
James Brown (II) (actor, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... 11 April 1992 (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: James Brown was born 22 March 1920 in th ...
Les Brown (I) (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mauro Bruno (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... k, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Yul Brynner (actor, director, producer)
Mini biography: Exotic leading man of American films, fa ...
Date of death (details): ... ork, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Other works: ... * After his lung cancer had progressed to t ...
Trivia: ... of the same cause (lung cancer) as _Magnificent Se ...
Buck Buchanan (II) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ity, Missouri, USA (lung cancer) ...
Bob Bullock (actor)
Date of death (details): ... Austin, Texas, USA (lung cancer and congestive hear ...
Anthony Burgess (I) (actor, writer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Rusty Burrell (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Prescott Bush (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 8 October 1972 (lung cancer) ...
Gilbert Bécaud (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... 001, Paris, France (lung cancer) ...
Bruce Cabot (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): 3 May 1972, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, ...
Mini biography: Hollywood stalwart Bruce Cabot's main cl ...
Herb Caen (actor)
Date of death (details): ... o, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Cantinflas (actor, writer, producer)
Date of death (details): ... exico City, Mexico (lung cancer) ...
Harry Carey (actor, director, writer, producer)
Trivia: ... om a combination of lung cancer and ...
Date of death (details): ... oronary thrombosis, lung cancer and emphysema) ...
Mini biography: Born in New York City to a Judge of Spec ...
Macdonald Carey (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Philip Carey (actor)
Trivia: ... Was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2006. ...
John Carlyle (II) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Allen Carr (actor)
Date of death (details): ... 006, Malaga, Spain (lung cancer) ...
Rudi Carrell (actor, writer, producer)
Date of death (details): ... 6, Bremen, Germany (lung cancer) ...
Orlando Carrió (actor)
Date of death (details): ... exico City, Mexico (lung cancer) ...
Néstor Castagno (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... 5, Chicureo, Chile (lung cancer) ...
Afonso R. Castelao (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... s Aires, Argentina (lung cancer) ...
Franco Castellano (I) (actor, director, writer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... 1999, Rome, Italy (lung cancer) ...
Adolfo Castelo (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... s Aires, Argentina (lung cancer) ...
Roy Castle (actor, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Trivia: ... s believed that the lung cancer ...
William Cayton (actor, director, writer, producer)
Date of death (details): ... ont, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Renzo Cesana (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Lon Chaney (actor, director, writer, other crew member, makeup department member)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Gage Clarke (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Alberto Closas (actor)
Date of death (details): ... rid, Madrid, Spain (lung cancer) ...
Alec Clunes (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Frederick Coffin (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tristram Coffin (actor)
Date of death (details): ... a, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
D.M. Coger (actor)
Date of death (details): ... (complications from lung cancer surgery) ...
Nat 'King' Cole (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... a, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... smoker, he died of lung cancer. ...
Trivia: ... from lung cancer at the much too you ...
Albert Collins (I) (actor, composer)
Date of death (details): ... Vegas, Nevada, USA (lung cancer) ...
Pinto Colvig (actor, composer, director, writer, other crew member)
Mini biography: ... nto" Colvig died of lung cancer at the age of 75 in ...
Lon Chaney (actor, director, writer, other crew member, makeup department member)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Gage Clarke (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Alberto Closas (actor)
Date of death (details): ... rid, Madrid, Spain (lung cancer) ...
Alec Clunes (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Frederick Coffin (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tristram Coffin (actor)
Date of death (details): ... a, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
D.M. Coger (actor)
Date of death (details): ... (complications from lung cancer surgery) ...
Nat 'King' Cole (actor, composer, other crew member)
Mini biography: ... smoker, he died of lung cancer. ...
Date of death (details): ... a, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Trivia: ... from lung cancer at the much too you ...
Albert Collins (I) (actor, composer)
Date of death (details): ... Vegas, Nevada, USA (lung cancer) ...
Pinto Colvig (actor, composer, director, writer, other crew member)
Mini biography: ... nto" Colvig died of lung cancer at the age of 75 in ...
Merrill Connally (actor)
Date of death (details): ... sville, Texas, USA (lung cancer) ...
Whitfield Connor (actor)
Date of death (details): ... , Connecticut, USA (lung cancer) ...
Chuck Connors (I) (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer and pneumonia) ...
Roy Conrad (actor)
Date of death (details): ... e, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Alistair Cooke (I) (actor, writer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): 30 March 2004, New York, New York, USA ( ...
Philip Coolidge (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Glenn Corbett (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ntonio, Texas, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... 1993 of lung cancer. ...
William R. Corson (actor)
Date of death (details): ... USA (emphysema and lung cancer) ...
George P. Cosmatos (actor, director, writer, producer, other crew member, second unit director or assistant director)
Date of death (details): ... h Columbia, Canada (lung cancer) ...
Victor Cowie (actor)
Date of death (details): ... , Manitoba, Canada (lung cancer) ...
Darry Cowl (actor, composer, director, writer)
Date of death (details): ... -de-France, France (lung cancer) ...
The Cowsills (actor)
Trivia: * Members were Bill, Bob, Barry, John, ' ...
H.A.L. Craig (actor, writer)
Mini biography: ... . Yeats. He died of lung cancer in Rome ...
James Craig (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... a, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Floyd Cramer (actor, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... on, Tennessee, USA (lung cancer) ...
Nick Cravat (actor, stunts department member)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Tony Croatto (actor)
Date of death (details): ... olina, Puerto Rico (lung cancer) ...
Bing Crosby (actor, producer, other crew member)
Trivia: ... y (I)' (qv) died of lung cancer in 1995. 'Phillip C ...
Gary Crosby (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... k, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Mini biography: ... learned he had lung cancer. He died on August ...
Scatman Crothers (actor, composer, writer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Michael Cuccione (actor)
Trivia: * Due to his respiratory problems, he di ...
Bill Cullen (I) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... r, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
John Dair (actor)
Date of death (details): ... November 2005, UK (lung cancer) ...
Sid Davis (I) (actor, cinematographer, director, producer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... t, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Bueno De Mesquita (actor)
Date of death (details): ... oland, Netherlands (lung cancer and brain tumor) ...
Billy De Wolfe (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Edgar Dearing (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Ronnie Deauville (actor, other crew member)
Mini biography: Ronnie Deauville was a Sinatra-style sin ...
Geraldo Del Rey (actor)
Mini biography: ... . Del Rey died from lung cancer in 1993. ...
Cyril Delevanti (actor)
Date of death (details): ... d, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Howard Dell (I) (actor, other crew member)
Mini biography: Dell made his national TV debut opposite ...
Guido Depraetere (actor, producer)
Trivia: ... * He suffered from lung cancer. ...
Paul Desmond (I) (actor, composer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... ork, New York, USA (lung cancer) ...
Pierre Desproges (actor, writer)
Date of death (details): ... 18 April 1988 (lung cancer) ...
Jack Deveau (actor, cinematographer, director, producer)
Date of death (details): ... 2 December 1982 (lung cancer) ...
Michael Dewell (actor)
Date of death (details): ... s, California, USA (lung cancer) ...
Joe DiMaggio (actor)
Date of death (details): ... wood, Florida, USA (lung cancer) ...
Fred Dibnah (actor)
Personal quotes: ... dying in bed of lung cancer or something 'orrib ...
Richard Dimbleby (II) (actor)
Date of death (details): ... ondon, England, UK (lung cancer) ...
Walt Disney (actor, director, writer, producer, other crew member)
Date of death (details): ... USA (cardiac arrest/lung cancer) ...

Answer 2

Humphrey Bogart
Yul Brynner
Arthur Godfrey
Steve McQueen
John Wayne

for starters

Answer 3

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What celebrities have died from smoking?
Does anyone know any actors, musicians or other celebrities that have died from lung cancer or other smoking related problems? And are there any current celebrities with complications from smoking?

Answer 4

Glenn Corbett Actor

Answer 5

Actor Glenn Corbett

Answer 6

Yul Brynner (from The Ten Commandments, The King and I, etc.) was a longtime smoker who finally succumbed to lung cancer. Before he died he became really outspoken against the tobacco industry and encouraged people never to start smoking.

Answer 7

Bogey! Humphry Bogart.

Answer 8

John Wayne

Answer 9

Was thinking to ask this question too

Answer 10

peter jennings

Answer 11

Well, it depends..