Famous People With Smoking Related Cancer Jacques Brel, 1971Had lung cancer died of pulmonary embolism at the age of 49Rob Mieremet / Anefo Walt DisneyDisney had been a heavy smoker since World War I. He did not use cigarettes with filters and had smoked a pipe as a young man. In early November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was treated with cobalt therapyDied of lung cancer public domain George Harrison at a Beatles press conference in Amsterdam in 1964Head and neck cancer and non small cell lung cancer metastatic to the brainhttp://www.gahetna.nl/over-ons/open-data King George VI developed lung cancer among other ailments, including arteriosclerosis and Buerger’s disease.Public Domain