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1. Lead guitarist and frequent lead singer of the Beach Boys, this man died of lung cancer at the young age of 51.
2. This American actor, director, race car driver, gourmet, entrepreneur and activist died of lung cancer on September 26, 2008.
3. This four times married, complicated, socially shy, but very funny man was the host of The Tonight Show for 30 years.
4. Carrie Hamilton started smoking while in her teens. After a life spent acting, directing, and writing, she died from lung cancer that had spread to her brain on January 20, 2002 at the very young age of 38.
She was also the daughter of a Hollywood icon. Which one?
5. This man was a multi-talented American singer, dancer, actor and comedian. He was a full-fledged member of the Rat Pack, and his friends Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin refused to perform at any establishment where this man could not walk through the front door, and, in the case of resorts and hotels, stay the night. Who am I talking about?
6. This incredible athlete was the first American track & field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.
Unfortunately he was also a smoker, and died of a particularly aggressive form of lung cancer in March, 1980.
7. This acclaimed news anchor died of lung cancer on August 7, 2005, almost four months to the day after announcing his condition on the air.
8. This talented man was an actor, director, writer, and dancer, but is probably best known as a choreographer. Towards the end of his life, he continued to smoke four or five packs of cigarettes every day while being treated for angina. He died of a massive heart attack at the age of 60 on September 23, 1987.
9. This baseball player's nickname was "The Yankee Clipper." He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands, and for being (briefly) married to a screen legend.
10. This American character actor was a very busy man in his short life. He appeared as a guest star in nearly forty television programs, and was on "Gunsmoke" 23 times. While he often played villains, he also had a gift for comedy. In his last years he was a regular on Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven. Who was he?
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