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I had heard he contracted it from a device specifically manufactured to protect his lungs while he was racing motorcycles: the asbestos liner of his face mask.

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McQueen worked with asbestos on ships when he was in the military.

He always blamed that for the cause of his cancer.

I don't know if he smoked, but that would have been a double whammy for getting mesothelioma.