Jump to full article: Los Angeles Daily News, 2005-08-09
Author: Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer
Intro: John Wayne, Bob Marley, Steve McQueen and Peter Jennings.
Each man was among the best in his profession, and each, in his own way, epitomized cool. But the mystique was shattered when they each fell victim to lung cancer - a hazard of smoking brought again into the national spotlight by Jennings' death Sunday.
"It freaked me out," said Michele Ross, 39, of Chatsworth, when she realized Jennings was just 67 when he died. . . .
Susan Fox, 55, a travel company executive, has been smoking since she was 13 the same age as Jennings when he started.
"I think twice about it all the time," said the North Hills resident. "There's no allure to smoking. But it's discouraging when he stopped 20 years ago and still got the disease." . . .
Former Glendale resident Patricia Henley knows firsthand what it's like to be taken to the brink of death. . .
"I was scared I was going to die and afraid I wouldn't."
She successfully sued Philip Morris
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