Deaths: Marlboro Man

ERIC LAWSON, 72 'Ex Marlboro Man dies from smoking-related disease" //// Yahoo! News, AP by Daisy Mguyen. //// He did the company's cigarette ads in the late 1970s, died Jan. 10, 2014. //// Died of chronic obstruction pulminary disease. Did the ads from 1978-1981. Smoker since age 14 and had bit parts in many TV shows including "Baretta" and "Streets of San Francisco." Several other Marlboro Men have died from smoking related diseases including David Miller of emphesema in 1987 and David McLean from lung cancer in 1996. //// But that rugged man lighting that Marlboro and wearing the cowboy hat out in the woods sure looked rugged and made you want to light up.