Thursday, July 29, 2010

Smoking and celebrities

I read a post at this forum the other day, and of course I can't remember which one, but the person mentioned that they wanted to smoke so bad that they did a 'search' to see what celebrities smoke.I did a few searches of my own. Here's a list of celebrities that have quit smoking:Jennifer AnistonElizabeth HurleyBen AffleckAnthony HopkinsWhoopi GoldbergRachel Weisz [The Mummy] Vince Vaughn Christy Turlington [Model] Charlize Theron [Aeon Flux] Sharon Stone Jon Stewart Julia Roberts Kelly Ripa Pink Debra Messing Billy Joel Geri Halliwell [Ginger Spice] Brandon Flowers [Singer- The Killers] Eliza Dushku Ellen DeGeneres Matt Damon Courteney Cox Gisele Bundchen [Model] Jack Black Drew Barrymore Kirstie AlleyAnd my favorite one: Anthony BourdainWhen I get a crave,stop smoking, I always think of Anthony Bourdain... I know if he was able to do it, I sure can! Every time I'd see him on the Travel Channel, he'd have a smoke in his hand, then when he quit, I was so happy for him! So he's the "celebrity" I think about now if I get a smoking urge. And if you are a person who is into celebrities, pick one that's quit and keep them in your mind for when you get a crave.Now, how about celebrities that have died due to smoke-related causes: Celebrities who died from smoking, some with diagnosis and age at death:, Louis Armstrong, musician, Desi Arnaz, actor and husband of Lucille Ball, lung cancer, 69, Lucille Ball, actress, Leonard Bernstein, composer, lung cancer and emphysema, 72, Amanda Blake, actress, Humphrey Bogart, actor, esophageal cancer, 57, Yul Brenner, actor, lung cancer, 65, Rory Calhoun, actor, emphysema, 76, John Candy, actor, heart attack, Nat King Cole, singer, lung cancer, 45, Chuck Connors, actor, Gary Cooper, actor, Bing Crosby, singer, Bette Davis, actress, Sammy Davis Jr., singer, throat cancer, 65, Joe DiMaggio, baseball player, lung cancer, 84, Joe DiMaggio Jr., emphysema, 57, Everett Dirkson, senator, lung cancer, 75, Walt Disney, lung cancer, 65, Duke Ellington, musician, Sigmund Freud, James Franciscus, actor, Clark Gable, actor, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead musician, heart attack, 53, A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner and Yalepresident, heart attack, 53, Jackie Gleason, actor, Arthur Godfrey, actor, emphysema, 80, Betty Grable, actress, lung cancer, 57, Ulysses S. Grant, general, throat cancer, 63, Chet Huntley, reporter, lung cancer, 62, John Huston, director, David Janssen, actor, Stubby Kaye, actor, lung cancer, 79, Buster Keaton, actor, emphysema, 70, Brian Keith, actor, lung cancer, 75 (actual death a suicide), King George VI, Queen Elizabeth's father, lung cancer, 57, Michael Landon, actor, pancreatic cancer, 54, Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, lung cancer, 68, Larry Linville, Frank Burns in MASH TV series, lung cancer,60, Lloyd Mangrum, World Golf Hall of Fame, heart attack, 59, Dean Martin, singer, emphysema, 78, Audrey Meadows, actress, lung cancer, 71, Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, lung cancer, 51, Melina Mercouri, actress, Robert Mitchum, actor, emphysema and lung cancer, 79, Gary Morton, Lucille Ball's second husband, lung cancer 74, Edward Mulhare, actor, lung cancer, 74, Edward R. Murrow, reporter, lung cancer, 57, Pat Nixon, wife of d***, Roy Orbison, singer, heart attack, 52, Jesse Owens, Olympic athlete, Bert Parks, host, George Peppard, actor, Vincent Price, actor, Giacomo Puccini, opera composer, throat cancer, 65, Eddie Rabbit, singer, lung cancer, 56, Harry Reasoner, reporter, heart and lung disease, 68, Pee Wee Reece, baseball player, lung cancer, 81, Lee Remick, actress, kidney and lung cancer, 56, Babe Ruth, throat cancer, 52, Rod Serling, "Twilight Zone", heart attack, 51, Ed Sullivan, TV host, lung cancer, 72, William Talman, lung cancer, 53 (lost all of his 251 TV courtcases to Perry Mason), Gene Tierney, actress, emphysema, 67,quit smoking, Carl Wilson, Beach Boys lead guitarist, lung cancer, 51, Wolfman Jack, disk jockey, heart attack, 57, d*** York, actor, emphysema, 61. (Lots of them, huh?)Now, how about celebrities that are smoking now but will die of it?That's easy, almost all of them... unless they quit.What kind of celebrity do you wanna be?

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