List of tobacco-related deaths

A list of people who have died from tobacco-related diseases.

A

• John G. Adams
• John Agar , first husband of Shirley Temple Black
• Gracie Allen
• Luther Allison
• Stephen E. Ambrose
• Louis Armstrong
• Desi Arnaz
• Mary Astor

B

• Stanley Baker
• Lucille Ball
• Tallulah Bankhead
• Carl Barger, President of the Florida Marlins
• George Granville Barker
• Sandy Baron
• Count Basie
• Bruce Bassett
• Gilard Becaud
• Wilhelmina Behmenburg
• Mark Belanger
• Bea Benaderet
• Jack Benny
• Leonard Bernstein
• Carl Betz
• Amanda Blake
• Art Blakey
• Humphrey Bogart
• Bobby Bonds
• Richard Boone
• Neville Brand
• Paul Brinegar
• Yul Brynner
• Frank Buck
• Jack Buck
• Anthony Burgess
• John Butler, General Manager of the San Diego Chargers

C

• Herb Caen
• Rory Calhoun
• John Candy
• Cantinflas
• Eric Carr
• Johnny Carson
• Jack Cassidy
• Roy Castle (non-smoker, cancer caused by passive smoking working as a trumpet player in jazz clubs)
• Lon Chaney, Sr.
• Graham Chapman
• Rose Cipollone
• Gloria Clapp
• Rosemary Clooney
• Ty Cobb
• Nat King Cole
• Chuck Connors
• Gene L. Coon, writer for Star Trek: The Original Series
• Gary Cooper
• Luiz Jose Costa
• Dolores Costello
• Noel Coward
• Bing Crosby
• Gary Crosby
• Scatman Crothers
• Bill Cullen

D

• Hugh Danaceau
• Charles Dalkert
• Bette Davis
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Colleen Dewhurst
• Selma Diamond
• Joe DiMaggio
• Joe DiMaggio, Jr
• Everett Dirkson
• Walt Disney
• Ral Donner
• Jimmy Dorsey
• Morton Downey, Jr.
• William Dwyer

E

• Allen Eager
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Duke Ellington
• T.S. Elliot

F

• John Henry Falk
• Paul Fanning
• Mimi Fariña
• George Fenneman
• Ruth Fertel
• Jim Finks
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Cotton Fitzsimmons
• Ian Fleming
• Curt Flood
• Errol Flynn
• Bob Fosse
• James Franciscus
• Pete Franklin
• Victor French
• Sigmund Freud

G

• Clark Gable
• Jerry Garcia
• A. Bartlett Giamatti
• Jackie Gleason
• Dorothy Jo Gideon , wife of Bob Barker
• Larry Gilbert
• Arthur Godfrey
• Robert Goizueta
• Gale Gordon
• Nancy Gore Hunger , sister of Al Gore
• Stephen Jay Gould
• Betty Grable
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Doris Grau
• Harry Guardino
• Peter Gzowski

H

• Florence Halop
• Carrie Hamilton , daughter of Carol Burnett
• Lorraine Hansberry
• Cedric Hardwicke
• George Harrison
• Lloyd Haynes
• Susan Hayward
• Eileen Heckart
• Lillian Hellman
• Joe Henderson
• Earl Hindman
• Elsbeary Hobbs
• Judy Holiday
• Moe Howard
• Arthur Howes
• Glenn Hughes, the biker from the Village People
• Hubert Humprey
• Chet Huntley
• John Huston

I

• Burl Ives

J

• Dennis James
• David Janssen
• Judy Jarvis
• Allan Jones
• Spike Jones

K

• Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan
• Sol Kaplan , music composer and conductor for Star Trek: The Original Series
• Boris Karloff
• Andy Kaufman died of oat cell carcinoma which is not associated with smoking. Andy never smoked.
• Stubby Kaye
• Buster Keaton
• Brian Keith
• King George V
• King George VI
• King George VII
• King Edward VIII
• Eddie Kendrick
• Patrick Kennedy, son of John F. & Jackie Kennedy was born prematurely and died after 2 days. His death was attributed to his mother's smoking during pregnancy.
• Carolina Knapp
• Alexis Korner

L

• Michael Landon
• Meyer Lansky
• Gypsy Rose Lee
• Alan Jay Lerner
• Larry Linville
• Julie London
• Hal Lucas

M

• Gordon MacRae
• Lloyd Mangrum
• Nancy Marchand
• Roger Maris
• Bob Marley
• Alfred Marks
• E.G. Marshall
• Dean Martin
• Kiel Martin
• Groucho Marx
• Zeppo Marx
• Walter Matthau
• Peter Matz
• Doug McClure
• Maxwell McCrohon , managing editor of the Chicago Tribune
• Roddy McDowall
• Harold McNair
• Dave McNally
• Wayne McLaren
• Audrey Meadows
• Melina Mercouri
• Gary Merrill
• Anne Miller
• Robert Mitchum
• Claude Monet
• Gary Moore
• Agnes Moorehead
• Henry Morgan
• Gary Morton
• Johnny Most
• Edward Mulhare
• Heiner Muller
• Edward R. Murrow
• Bob Murphy
• Lorenzo Music

N

• Richard Nance
• Pat Nixon

O

• Larry O'Brien
• Sue Okabe
• Susan Oliver
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Patrick O'Neal
• Roy Orbison
• Jesse Owens

P

• Jean-Louis Palladin
• Bruce Paltrow
• Robert Palmer
• Bert Parks
• Jennifer Patterson
• Johnny Paycheck
• Gene Pearson
• George Peppard
• Jane Pettit
• Pat Phoenix
• Byrne Piven , father of Jeremy Piven
• Rudy Pompilli
• Dick Powell
• Vincent Price
• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowden
• Giacomo Puccini
• Denver Pyle

Q

• Anthony Quinn

R

• Eddie Rabbitt
• Jason Robards
• Stanley Ralph Ross
• Anne Ramsey
• Aldo Ray
• Harry Reasoner
• Pee Wee Reese
• Jacquelyn Reinach
• Lee Remick
• R.J. Reynolds
• Tommy Ridgley
• Cal Ripken, Sr. , father of Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Stan Rogers
• Tony Roma
• Jack Ruby
• Patsy Ruff
• Babe Ruth

S

• Nora Sayre
• Marge Schott
• David Schwartz
• George C. Scott
• Vito Scotti
• Rod Serling
• Delphine Seyrig
• Ayatollah Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine
• Dick Shatto , even though the Toronto Argonauts running back and receiver died of lung cancer in February of 2003 at the age of 69, his wife Lynne claims that Dick never smoked.
• Robert Shaw
• Anne Shirley
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• Carmen Silvera
• Frank Sinatra
• Bob H. Smith
• Fred "Sonic" Smith , husband of Patti Smith
• Jack Soo
• Olan Soule
• Skip Spence
• Lionel Stander
• Peter Kormann Steere
• K.T. Stevens
• Woody Stevens
• Ed Sullivan

T

• Fabio Taglioni
• William Talman
• Barb Tarbox
• John Thaw
• Rene Theodore , the former head of Haiti's Communist Party
• Ross Thomas
• Will Thornbury
• Gene Tierney
• Francot Tone
• Spencer Tracy
• Forrest Tucker
• Sophie Tucker
• Lana Turner

V

• Jean Vander Pyl
• Jim Varney
• Sarah Vaughn
• Charlie Ventura

W

• Steve Wahrer
• John Wallach
• Nancy Walker
• Harry Warren
• John Wayne
• Mary Wells
• Pat Welsh , who provided the voice of ET
• Leslie Whiteley
• Bert Wheeler
• Michael Williams
• Tex Williams
• Carl Wilson
• William Griffith Wilson
• Wolfman Jack
• James Wong Jim

Y

• George Yennimatas , Greek National Economy Minister
• Dick York
• A. Coleman Young , Detroit, Michigan's longest-serving mayor

Z

• Warren Zevon