Clark Gable

1901-1960

Film star of the 1920s to 1950s

Famous for Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone with the Wind, and The Misfits

Heart attack

Serge Gainsbourg

1928-1991

Singer-songwriter, poet and film director

Famous for the song Je t’aim…moi non plus

Heart attack

Jerry Garcia

1942-1995

Musician and member of the Grateful Dead

Heart Attack

Barbara Bel Geddes

1922-2005

Actress from 1950s to 1980s

Famous for Vertigo and for Miss Ellie in the TV series Dallas

Had heart attack in 1984

Lung cancer

George V

1865-1936

King and Emperor

Bronchitis

Betty Grable

1916-1973

Actress from the 1930s to 1950s

Famous as a wartime pinup

Lung cancer

Lorraine Hansberry

1930-1965

Playwright

Famous for A Raisin In The Sun and To Be Young, Gifted And Black

Lung cancer

George Harrison

1943-2001

Youngest Beatle and all-round nice guy

Brain cancer spread from lung cancer

Jack Hawkins

1910-1973

Film actor from the 1930s to 1960s

Famous for The Cruel Sea, The League of Gentlemen, Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben Hur and Zulu

Had larynx removed after throat cancer in 1966 and died after an operation to insert an artificial voicebox

Susan Hayward

1917-1975

Actress from 1930s to 1960s

Famous for Beau Geste and Valley of the Dolls, plus advertisements for Chesterfield cigarettes

Pneumonia exacerbated by brain cancer spread from lung cancer

Alex “Hurricane” Higgins

1949-

Snooker champion

Treated for throat cancer in 1998

Paris Hilton

1981-

Famous for being famous

David Hockney

1937-

Artist

Famous for Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy and A Bigger Splash

Member of the Supporters Council for the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Tobacco (FOREST)

Michel Houellebecq

1958-

Novelist

Famous for Les Particules Élementaires and Plateforme

Edwin Hubble

1889-1953

Astronomer and Nobel Prize winner

Heart attack

James Hunt

1947-1993

Racing driver and Formula 1 world champion during the 1970s

Sponsored by Marlboro, he would always light a cigarette while being filmed on the victory rostrum

Heart attack

John Huston

1906-1987

Film director

Famous for The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Man Who Would Be King

Emphysema and pneumonia

Jeremy Irons

1948-

Actor

Famous for Brideshead Revisited

Burl Ives

1909-1995

Folk music singer, author and actor from 1940s to 1960s

Famous acting roles included East of Eden, Cat on a Hot tin Roof, and The Big Country

Mouth cancer

Joe Jackson

1954-

Musician

Famous for Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Member of the Supporters Council for the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Tobacco (FOREST)

Sid James

1913-1976

Radio, TV and cinema actor

Famous for Hancock’s Half Hour and the Carry On films

Heart attack

David Janssen

1931-1980

Actor

Famous as Dr Richard Kimble in the TV series The Fugitive

Heart attack

Peter Jennings

1938-2005

US TV journalist and anchorman from 1960s to 2005, especially on ABC World News Tonight

Lung cancer

Buster Keaton

1895-1966

Comedy film star from 1910s to 1960s

Famous for The Navigator, Steamboat Bill Jr and The General

Lung cancer

Nicole Kidman

1967-

Actress

Famous for Dead Calm, Days of Thunder, Eyes Wide Shut and Moulin Rouge

Alexis Korner

1928-1924

Jazz and blues musician, radio broadcaster and voice-over artist

Lung cancer

Sarah Lancashire

1964-

Actress

Famous as Raquel Watts in Coronation Street

Gypsy Rose Lee

1911-1970

Actress and novelist

Famous for striptease shows

Lung cancer

Nick Lowe

1949-

Musician, songwriter and record producer

Former member of Brinsley Schwarz and Rockpile

Princess Margaret

1930-2002

Daughter of George VI, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II

Had part of a lung removed 1985

Strokes

Steve Marriott

1945-1991

Musician famous in 1960s and 1970s. Member of Small Faces and Humble Pie

Died in a fire caused by his cigarette

Dean Martin

1917-1995

Actor and singer

Famous for songs like That’s Amore and films like The Young Lions and Ocean’s Eleven

Emphysema

Lee Marvin

1924-1987

Actor from 1940s to 1980s

Famous for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Big Heat and The Big Red One

Heart attack

David McLean

1922-1995

Actor famous for appearing in Marlboro advertisements in the 1960s

Emphysema and lung cancer

Steve McQueen

1930-1980

Actor from the 1950s to the 1970s

Famous for The Sand Pebbles, The Great Escape, Magnificent Seven and Bullitt

Lung cancer

George Melly

1926-

Jazz and blues singer, journalist and author

Never one to do things by halves, George said in 2005 he has both emphysema and lung cancer

Melina Mercouri

1920-1994

Actress from 1950s to 1970s

Famous for Never on a Sunday and Topkapi

Also Hellenic Minister of Culture in the 1980s

Lung cancer

Ray Milland

1905-1986

Actor from 1920s to 1980s

Famous for The Lost Weekend, Ministry of Fear and Dial M For Murder

Lung cancer

Reginald J Mitchell

1895-1937

Designer of the Supermarine Spitfire

Abdominal cancer

Robert Mitchum

1917-1997

Actor from 1940s to 1990s

Famous for The Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear, El Dorado and The Enemy Below

Lung cancer and emphysema

Demi Moore

1962-

Actress

Famous for St Elmo’s Fire, Indecent Proposal and Striptease

Eric Morecambe

1926-1984

Comedian famous for the Morecambe and Wise Show

Awarded Pipe Smoker of the Year in 1970

Second heart attack

Kate Moss

1974-

Model

Ed Murrow

1908-1965

Radio and TV journalist from 1930s to 1960s – the George Clooney Film Good Night and Good Luck is based on his work in the McCarthy era

Lung cancer