Actor and model Alan Landers aka the "Winston Man" posed in the Winston cigarette print advertisements in the 1960s and 1970s. Landers died after a battle with throat cancer on February 27, 2009. Landers was 68 years old.Mail Online: The Winston Man Dies of Lung Cancer... Just One Month Before He Was Due... (March 3, 2009)
During his time as the Winston Man, Landers was featured in magazine ads and billboards. Landers began smoking as a child and at one point smoked four packs of cigarettes a day. He later became an anti-smoking activist.Official Site: Alan Landers Biography
Cigarette Lawsuit
Alan Landers was one of the 9,000 victims who sued cigarette makers for neglecting to warn consumers that cigarette smoke was dangerous and possibly deadly. In 2006, the Florida Supreme Court threw the case out but recommended that the individual file suits separately. Landers case was to be heard in April 2009.Mail Online: The Winston Man Dies of Lung Cancer... Just One Month Before He Was Due... (March 3, 2009)
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Owned the Alan Landers Acting Studio in CaliforniaOfficial Site: Alan Landers Biography
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Legal name was Allan Levine
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Died on Friday, February 27, 2009
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Known as the "Winston Man" because he starred in Winston cigarette's advertising campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s
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Became an anti-smoking activist
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Landers said "I am ashamed that I helped promote such a lethal and addictive product to the children and adults of this countryOfficial Site: Alan Landers Biography
