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Roy Orbison, 52, singer, heart attack

Hubert H. Humphrey, 66, 38th Vice President of the United States, bladder cancer

Peter Jennings, 67, anchor and senior editor of ABC's "World News Tonight, lung cancer

Babe Ruth, 53, baseball player, oral cancer

Pauline Gore and daughter Nancy Gore , 46, Al Gore's sister, lung cancer

Eddie Rabbit, 56, singer, lung cancer

Wayne McLaren, 51, Marlboro Cowboy, lung cancer

Yul Brenner, 65, actor, lung cancer

Wolfman Jack, 57, disk jockey, heart attack

George Harrison, 58, The Beatles, advanced throat cancer

All of these famous people died from tobacco related illnesses. These victims died at an average age of 52.

Humphrey Bogart, 57, actor, esophagus cancer

John Candy, 44, actor, heart attack

Sammy Davis Jr., 65, singer, throat cancer

Walt Disney, 65, lung cancer

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 64, Former first lady to John F Kennedy, cancer and lymphoma

Nat King Cole, 45, singer, lung cancer

Michael Landon, 54, actor, pancreas and liver cancer

Cal Ripken, Sr., 63, baseball player, coach, cancer

Bob Marley, 36, musician, cancer

Jerry Garcia, 53, Grateful Dead, heart attack

Bill Hicks, 32, comedian, pancreatic cancer

Lorraine Hansberry, 34, playright (Raisin in the Sun) pancreatic cancer

Carrie Hamilton, 38, actress, Carol Burnett's daughter, lung cancer

Wilhelmina Cooper, 40, modeling pioneer, lung cancer

Errol Flynn, 50, actor, heart attack