Notable People Who Died of Lung Cancer By The Associated Press Tue Aug 9, 7:38 PM ET
A select list of notable people who've died of lung cancer over the years: ADVERTISEMENT Aug. 7: ABC anchorman Peter Jennings, 67. July 1: Renaldo "Obie" Benson, 69, member of the legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops. May 9, 2004: Comedian Alan King, 76. Jan. 22, 2004: Dancer-actress Ann Miller, 81. Sept. 8, 2003: Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, 56. Oct. 13, 2002: Best-selling author/historian Stephen Ambrose,66. June 29, 2002: Singer Rosemary Clooney, 74. Oct. 16, 2001: Jazz singer Etta Jones, 72 (and breast cancer). June 18, 2000: Actress Nancy Marchand, 71, who played the matriarch of a Mafia family on "The Sopranos" and the patrician publisher Mrs. Pynchon on "Lou Grant." March 25, 1999: Baseball coach Cal Ripken Sr., 63. March 8, 1999: Baseball great Joe DiMaggio, 84. Feb. 6, 1998: Beach Boy guitarist Carl Wilson, 51. July 1, 1997: Actor Robert Mitchum, 79. Feb. 3, 1996: Audrey Meadows, 70, famous for her role as Alice Kramden in the TV comedy "The Honeymooners." March 6, 1994: Actress Melina Mercouri, 68, best known for her role was as a prostitute in the 1960 film "Never on Sunday." Oct. 25, 1993: Actor Vincent Price, 82, known for horror movie roles. June 22, 1993: Pat Nixon, 81, wife of former President Richard M. Nixon. Oct. 5, 1992: Eddie Kendricks, 52, one of The Temptations' original members. Nov. 10, 1992: Actor Chuck Connors, 71, best known for TV show "The Rifleman." Feb. 2, 1992: Bert Parks, 77, best known as master of ceremonies for the Miss America beauty pageant. July 2, 1991: Actress Lee Remick, 55. April 4, 1990: Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, 76. June 10, 1988: Popular western writer Louis L'Amour, 80. Aug. 2, 1988: Short story writer Raymond Carver, 50. April 11, 1987: Writer Erskine Caldwell, 83. March 21, 1987: Actor Robert Preston, 68, best known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in the stage and film versions of "The Music Man." Dec. 2, 1986: Desi Arnaz, 69, best remembered for starring with Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy." Oct. 25, 1986: Actor Forrest Tucker, 67, best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke in the popular "F Troop" TV series of the 1960s. June 14, 1986: Composer Alan Jay Lerner, 67, best known, with Frederick Loewe, for musicals "My Fair Lady," "Camelot" and "Paint Your Wagon." Oct. 10, 1985: Yul Brynner, 65, best known for his portrayal of the king in "The King and I." May 16, 1984: Comedian/actor Andy Kaufman, 35, known for his role of auto mechanic Latka Gravas in sitcom "Taxi." The Jim Carrey movie "Man on the Moon" was based on him. March 31, 1980: Jesse Owens, 66, Olympic gold medal winner in track. May 24, 1974: Jazz great/bandleader Duke Ellington, 75. April 30, 1974: Actress Agnes Moorehead, 73. June 8, 1969: Actor Robert Taylor, 57. Feb. 1, 1966: Comedian/actor/director Buster Keaton, 70. April 25, 1965: CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, 57. (Always a heavy smoker, Murrow had investigated the connection between cigarettes and cancer for his news show "See It Now.") Feb. 15, 1965: Singer Nat King Cole, 47. Jan. 10, 1961: Writer Dashiel Hammett, 65. ___ Sources: Contemporary Newsmakers, Almanac of Famous People, Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television Dictionary of American Biography, The Associated Press. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12huto982/M=364397.6958316.7892810.4764722/D=groups/S=1705171145:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123661485/A=2915264/R=0/SIG=11t7isiiv/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs";>Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page</a></font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
