ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, September 14, 1996 TAG: 9609160051
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: DALLAS
The stoic Marlboro Man, tall and alone in the saddle, image of all that is masculine and strong, was actually an actor choking his way through pack after pack of cigarettes while fussy film directors tried to get the smoke to rise just so and the ash to tip in just the right direction, according to a wrongful death suit.
It did actor David McLean in, according to Lilo McLean, his widow, who is suing Philip Morris Companies Inc., which makes Marlboro cigarettes, and other tobacco companies in federal court in Marshall, Texas. McLean died of lung cancer last year at age 73.
``They used him as a pawn to make everybody smoke,'' said Jack Baldwin, a Marshall attorney representing McLean. ``They didn't even tell him the danger. He was duped as well.''
- Associated Press
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