I knew one of the first Marlboro men. He was a cowboy, not a sheep herder, and he died with an oxygen bottle strapped to his back because he had emphysema caused by smoking. Cancer has an ick factor. Gay men in cowboy clothing has a revulsion factor.
he died with an oxygen bottle strapped to his back because he had emphysema caused by smoking. Cancer has an ick factorWe all die of things that are generally "icky", and usually not very dignified, either.
If that guy lived a life worth living, and did it in a way that made him happy, good for him.