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2009 Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47
2009 John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 2008 Paul Newman, dies of lung cancer, at 83 2007 Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73 2007 Beverly Sills, dies of lung cancer at 78 2007 Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 1997 Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 1997 Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1994 Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81 1993 Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time 1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75 1993 Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81 1993 John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83 1993 William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Bill Kearns, U.S. actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69 1992 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81 1992 Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52 1992 Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84 1992 Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58 1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 1991 John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87 1990 Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 1985 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75 1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer 1982 Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1968 1st European lung transplant 1968 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 1968 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 1968 Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 1964 U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer 1957 U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1927 1st iron lung installed, Bellevue hospital, New York 1927 Bellevue Hospital in New York installs 1st iron lung 1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1912 E Cuyler Hammond, scientist, 1st to link smoking with lung cancer 1904 American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting |
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