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The Marlboro Man is a figure that was used in tobacco advertising campaigns for Marlboro cigarettes. In the United States, where the campaign originated, it was used from 1954 to 1999. The Marlboro Man was first conceived by Leo Burnett in 1954. The images initially featured rugged men portrayed in a variety of roles [ 1] but later primarily ...
Darrell Winfield. Darrell H. Winfield (July 30, 1929 – January 12, 2015) was an American rancher and model [1] best known as "The Marlboro Man " in television commercials and magazine advertisements for Marlboro cigarettes. Winfield was born in Kansas, Oklahoma. His family relocated to California 's San Joaquin Valley when he was 6 years old.
McLaren worked as a stuntman and rodeo rider before being hired to appear in ads for Marlboro. [2] McLaren competed in bronc riding and bull riding events. [3] In 1976, he did promotional work for the famous Marlboro cigarette advertising campaign as the "Marlboro Man".
James Blake Miller (born July 10, 1984) is a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War, who fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah and was dubbed the "Marlboro Man" (and the "Marlboro Marine") after an iconic photograph of him with a cigarette was published in newspapers in the United States in 2004. [ 1][ 2] Miller suffered from post ...
His work as an actor and as a Marlboro Man — one of a succession used by the brand — brought Johnson and his wife, Laurie, to California. They eventually moved their family to a ranch in New Mexico and the Colorado mountains before settling in North Texas. Johnson retired from acting and became a real estate agent.
Haren was openly gay, and was the proprietor of the popular Palm Springs gay bar CC Construction Co. in later years. In 1985, he was diagnosed with AIDS and became active in AIDS prevention education. He started "The Wedge", a "safe sex" AIDS prevention organization for teens in San Francisco. [ 3][ 4] After living with the disease for over a ...
MARLBORO – A Marlboro man disappeared after he was last seen hiking in a remote area of Italy in 2019. Five years later, authorities are asking the public to help find him.
William Leo Thourlby (January 22, 1924 – April 15, 2013) was an American actor, model and writer. He was known for his rugged, cowboy look, when he appeared as the face of the Marlboro Man campaign in the 1950s. [1] This ad campaign was one of the 20th century's most famous, redefining the Marlboro brand image from a cigarette for women to ...