Eugene Joseph Huth
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A lifelong smoker, McLean started suffering from emphysema in 1985, and had a tumour removed in 1994. After he found out that he had cancer, he became an anti-smoking advocate. At a meeting of stockholders of Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, McLean requested they limit their advertising. He died of lung cancer at the age of 73, on October 12, 1995. | A lifelong smoker, McLean started suffering from emphysema in 1985, and had a tumour removed in 1994. After he found out that he had cancer, he became an anti-smoking advocate. At a meeting of stockholders of Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, McLean requested they limit their advertising. He died of lung cancer at the age of 73, on October 12, 1995. | ||
| − | In 1996, McLean's widow Lilo and son Mark Huth filed suit for wrongful death against Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, claiming that they encouraged or even required cigarette smoking which caused his lung cancer. A fictitious version of this ironic situation was featured in the comic novel ''Thank You for Smoking''. | + | In 1996, McLean's widow Lilo and son Mark Huth filed suit for wrongful death against Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, claiming that they encouraged or even required cigarette smoking which caused his lung cancer. The family is represented by Don Howarth and Suzelle M. Smith with Howarth & Smith in Los Angeles, CA. and Scott Baldwin and Jack Baldwin with Baldwin & Baldwin in Marshall, TX. |
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| + | A fictitious version of this ironic situation was featured in the comic novel ''Thank You for Smoking''. | ||
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