[miss marmelstein]

Thanks for letting us know. I was a huge fan of Steve McQueen and as a child bought every movie magazine which featured him on the cover. I was terribly saddened at his pre-mature death. Since those days, I’ve met several actors who worked with him in the 50s as well as the 70s. All felt that drugs (and cigarettes) played a huge role in his behavior and in his health decline. He was an icon and will always be the King of Kool for me.

His wife, Ali McGraw, said he was the most patriotic person she ever knew.

[PROCON]

Thanks for the insight.

[newfreep]

As a kid, I had his "Wanted: Dead or Alive" gun...and my first car was a 1967 Mustang fastback.

Steve McQueen was THE cool guy....and married to the most beautiful actress to ever come out of Hollywood, Natalie Wood.

[Captain Peter Blood]

What got him was when he was in the Marines and was assigned a job on a ship that was being stripped to go to the scrap year. He was exposed to a lot of asbestos and later on he got Mesothelioma. That is what killed him.