2014 Event Tobacco company R. J. Reynolds must pay over $23 billion in resolution of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from lung cancer at age 36; the suit accused the company of hiding the health risks and habit-forming nature of cigarettes 2013 Event Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Event Venezuela's government announces that President Hugo Chavez is suffering from 'respiratory deficiency', a condition he developed after having a severe lung infection 2009 Death 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 Death John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 2008 Death Paul Newman, dies of lung cancer, at 83 2007 Death Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73 2007 Death Beverly Sills, dies of lung cancer at 78 2007 Death Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 1998 Death Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1997 Death 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 Death Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 1997 Death Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 1997 Death Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Death Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80 1994 Death Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75 1994 Death Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 1994 Death Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1994 Death Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81 1993 Death Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Death Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Event New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time 1993 Event New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 Death Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Death Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75 1993 Death Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81 1993 Death John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83 1993 Death William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Death Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Death Bill Kearns, U.S. actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69 1992 Death Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81 1992 Death Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52 1992 Death Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Death Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Death Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84 1992 Death Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58 1992 Death Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Death Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 1991 Death John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87 1990 Death Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 1990 Death Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1985 Death Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1985 Death James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 1985 Death Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75 1984 Death Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer 1982 Death Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 1981 Death Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 1977 Death 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 Death Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1968 Event 1st European lung transplant 1968 Death Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 1968 Death Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 1968 Death Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 1964 Event U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer 1957 Event U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1927 Event 1st iron lung installed, Bellevue hospital, New York 1927 Event Bellevue Hospital in New York installs 1st iron lung 1918 Event 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1912 Birthday E Cuyler Hammond, scientist, 1st to link smoking with lung cancer 1904 Event American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
