Word: emphysema
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DIED. FRANK GORSHIN, 72, rubbery-faced impressionist-actor who channeled his passion for film idols, nourished as a teenage film usher in Pittsburgh, Pa., into a 50-year career in Las Vegas clubs, on TV and in more than 80 movies; of lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia; in Burbank, Calif. With his apery of Al Jolson, James Cagney and Marlon Brando, Gorshin was a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he was a guest the night the Beatles made their famous U.S. TV debut. ("Look at all these kids that came to see me!" he said backstage...
...Santa Barbara trial is certain to be a courtroom drama. The case involves John Galbraith, a former insurance company administrator who for 50 years smoked two to three packs of cigarettes a day. In 1982 Galbraith died, at 69. The official cause of death was heart disease and emphysema. He spent the last years of his life hooked up to an oxygen machine. According to his family's lawyers, Galbraith was once found removing the mask in order to take a quick puff. Galbraith's widow and three children are suing R.J. Reynolds for making a defective product...
...even though Carson was simply an entertainer, when he died Jan. 23 of emphysema at age 79, the reaction was like that to the passing of a head of state--specifically, Ronald Reagan's last year. On Tonight, Carson did a dead-on impression of Reagan, but the resemblance did not end there. Both men defined how to accrue and wield power in the mass-media age. They were two of the last broadcasters: Carson, compared with today's niche entertainers; Reagan, contrasted against today's red-and-blue-fixated political micromarketers. Both were Midwesterners transplanted to California who merged...
DIED. JOHNNY CARSON, 79, elegant, unrivaled king of late-night television; of emphysema; in Malibu, Calif. (see page...
DIED. VAUGHN MEADER, 68, who satirized President John F. Kennedy in the hit 1962 album First Family; of emphysema; in Auburn, Maine. Meader was a stand-up comedian whose Kennedy satire, making fun of his "vigah" in an uncannily similar New England accent, caught on with a Kennedy-hungry public and resulted in an album that quickly sold 7.5 million copies and won a Grammy for Album of the Year. Even the President thought it was funny; he bought 100 copies for Christmas gifts. When Kennedy was assassinated the following year, however, Meader's career died with him. After struggling...