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MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ONES Fallen victims of tobacco It
is in the memory and honor of our loved ones that we receive our
strength and encouragement to go forward and make a difference.
I know, because it inspires me every day to continue with our mission
in educating kids not to start smoking and helping smokers stop.
-- Rez |
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This section is dedicated in memory of our loved ones lost to smoking and tobacco use. Please email us your story to: memory@smokefreesociety.org |
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Mir Seyedin 1925-2003 - In loving memory of our father who smoked for over 50 years. Although we were able to help him quit smoking, and even after having a quintuple bypass/open-heart surgery which extended his life an additional ten years, the damage was already done to his lungs and his body. He needed oxygen to supplement his breathing, his heart weakened and eventually failed. We were very lucky to have the extra years he gave us since he quit but we still all miss him dearly. -- The Seyedin Family |
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Peter Jennings, 1938-2005 -The death of the "World News Tonight" anchor at young age 67, along with his candid admissions about his own smoking habit, has drawn renewed attention to the dangers of lung cancer, which claims more than 168,000 American lives each year. He spent his career informing the public before succumbing to lung cancer on Sunday, has now prompted scores of well-wishers to vow to change their lives in his honor by giving up their smoking habits. (more) |
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Johnny
Carson, 1925-2005
- The king of the late-night TV dies at age of 79
-- Former 'Tonight Show' host dies after
long struggle with emphysema. He was born John William Carson in
Corning, Iowa, on October 23, 1925 and was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska.
He was known to smoke cigarettes which can cause emphysema and lung
cancer. (full
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Dana
Reeve, 1962-2006 - The widow of the actor Christopher Reeve,
has died of lung cancer at age 44, according to the Christopher
Reeve Foundation. In August, less than a year after her husband's
death, Dana Reeve announced she had cancer. She died Monday night.
Although a lifelong nonsmoker, most likely, she has been exposed
to secondhand smoke as all of us are everyday. (full
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Wayne
McLaren, 1922-1995, who posed for some promotional photographs
on behalf of Marlboro in 1976, succumbed to lung cancer at age 51
on 22 July 1992. McLaren, who had a pack-and-a-half a day smoking
habit, was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 49. Despite chemotherapy,
the removal of one lung, and radiation treatments, the cancer eventually
spread to his brain and killed him. After learning he had cancer,
McLaren embarked on an anti-smoking campaign that included the production
of a commercial described as follows . . . (full
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David
McLean, 1922-1995, who appeared in many Marlboro television
and print advertisements starting in the early 1960s, also died
of cancer at age 73. McLean took up smoking at age 12, began to
suffer from emphysema in 1985, and had a cancerous tumor removed
from his right lung in 1993. Despite the surgery, the cancer remained
and spread to his brain and spine, and McLean succumbed in 1995
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Robin
Grunwell, 1968-2006, Robin was an amazing woman who
was much loved by her family and friends. She smoked from age
17 until age 27. She hadn't smoked for ten years before developing
lung cancer in 2005. Her treatment seemed to neutralize the cancer
but it just came back stronger a few months later. Robin fought
bravely until the very end. She was a great friend, leader and
humanitarian and those who knew her can't wait to see her again
in heaven. (more) |
| Celia
Wakeman 1927- 2004 - Dad died too young,
and Mom had to go to work for the first time in her life. She
got a secretarial job in a small insurance office. The agent and
his wife were nice people, but they were both chain smokers. Their
office opened at nine in the morning and the air was blue by ten.
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Barbara
Bel Geddes, 1922-2005 - the winsome actress who rose to
stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie
Ewing in the long-running TV series "Dallas," has died
of lung cancer. She was 82. Bel Geddes was nominated for an Academy
Award for best supporting actress for the 1948 drama "I Remember
Mama" and was the original Maggie the Cat on Broadway in "Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof." (more) |
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Cheryl
McCall, 1950-2005 - Two weeks ago, my friend Cheryl McCall
died of lung cancer. She was too young — just 55 — but
she had done a century worth of living at a breakneck pace that
was dizzying and dazzling to behold. She was a rabble-rouser blacklisted
by the FBI, a crusading reporter for two decades and an Oscar-nominated
producer. And Cheryl was just getting warmed up for the last, best
act of her life. (more) |
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