It saved my life, really. He died at 58.

I wouldn't have lived 85 years if I'd have kept drinking and smoking like I was when I was 30, 40 years old," he said. Matt Damon: Despite his well-behaved dad vibes, Damon still dabbles in an occasional cigarette, even though he officially quit years ago after seeing a hypnotist. Jim Varney, the famous actor who died of lung cancer at age fifty was hopelessly hooked on cigarettes. The man who wrote and created The Three Musketeers was a stoner. Like many famous COPD names, he was a lifelong smoker. "I wouldn't be alive. At the young age of 30, he was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma and given a very grim prognosis. Drew Barrymore of the famous Barrymore family smokes Marlboro Reds, about 2-3 packs a day.

He was a pack a day smoker since he was about 16. The 19th century was a great time to be a toker in France. Walt Disney - was a chain-smoker … "Once you realise the consequences, it's no longer an option for you to smoke.
The news that chemotherapy would be Jennings' first course of treatment was a pretty clear indication that the disease was in an advanced stage. He had a bunch of random, very serious health issues throughout his entire life. He died just a few months later.

From marijuana to the LSD component ergot, Joan of Arc is one famous weed smoker. Sometimes any celeb who died, who also happened to smoke, is also added to these lists - like Jack Benny, Bing Crosby or Bill Hicks - who smoked but didnt die from smoking. A former smoker who quit in the mid-80s, Jennings resumed for a short period of time in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. "He taught me that the reason you finally quit is because you look at what cigarettes do to you," Damon told Parade magazine of the hypnotism. Nearly 500 years after Joan of Arc, one the greatest French writers in history was well know as a hashish smoker. In a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone, Nelson said that smoking weed saved his life. Alexander Dumas. The longtime conductor of the New York Philharmonic and composer of award-winning scores including "West Side Story" died at 72 from a … He beat it in a year. Country superstar Willie Nelson is probably one of the most famous weed-smoking celebrities. Famous for bad-boy roles in a series of hit movies, including "The Great Escape" and "Bullit," Steve McQueen died in Mexico while being treated for asbestos-related lung cancer in 1980.

The classic example being Steve McQueen, who happened to smoke heavily, but this was not the cause of his death, yet he is a symbol for anti-smoking. George Harrison - Member of The Beatles who was famously seen smoking in the movies A Hard Days Night and Help!. I know this is supposed to be about famous people, but in all seriousness - My dad. She started smoking cigarettes at age 9 1/2.