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Ex-Marlboro man dies from smoking-related disease

By John Rogers
Published January 27, 2014 11:32pm ET
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Ex-Marlboro man dies from smoking-related disease
In this undated photo courtesy of Susan Lawson shows Eric Lawson. Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died Jan. 10, 2014, at his home in San Luis Obispo, Calif., of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, his wife, Susan Lawson said Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lawson Family) | AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it came to portraying the rugged western outdoorsman who helped transform a pack of filtered cigarettes into the world’s most popular brand, Marlboro Man Eric Lawson was the real deal.

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