In fact, the three actors who played the Marlboro man died of lung cancer.
The actor died of emphysema and cancer, a family spokeswoman said.
The actor died in December at the age of 72.
But the actor died a year before production on the film began.
He was picked for the part after the original actor playing the character died of a stroke.
Some publications mistakenly reported that the British actor had died.
The actor died on 17 August 2009, as a result of a cancer at the age of 58.
This comedian and actor died in 2004 from complications following heart surgery at age 82.
Almost all the young actors in his mother's theater have died.
On November 12, 2003 the actor hanged himself and died in hospital.