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Michael HastingsRichard RamirezEsther WilliamsDavid 'Deacon' JonesJean StapletonAndrew GreeleyEd ShaughnessyRay ManzarekJoyce BrothersRay HarryhausenDeanna DurbinGeorge JonesRichie HavensFrancois JacobAl NeuharthPat SummerallGeorge Beverly SheaSal CastroJohn GalardiFrank BankMaria TallchiefPatricia McCormickJonathan WintersRobert EdwardsPaolo SoleriMargaret ThatcherAnnette FunicelloLes BlankRoger EbertBarbara Piasecka JohnsonRuth Prawer JhabvalaWilliam H. GinsburgJack PardeePhil RamoneFay KaninRichard GriffithsJoe WeiderChinua AchebeRise StevensHarry ReemsJames L. BarrettBooth GardnerAlvin LeeHugo ChavezBonnie FranklinVan CliburnDale RobertsonRoy BrownDebi AustinDr. C. Everett KoopRobert C. RichardsonGeorge ArataniMindy McCreadyPat DerbyJerry BussRichard CollinsJames DePreistStuart FreebornEssie Mae Washington-WilliamsAndre CassagnesEdward KochBalthazar KorabPatty AndrewsStan MusialEarl WeaverGussy MoranPauline Friedman PhillipsRobert L. CitronAaron SwartzEvan S. ConnellJeanne ManfordAda Louise HuxtableHuell HowserPatti Page

Austin, after losing her larynx to cancer, became a powerful advocate in the public-awareness campaign against smoking. In a memorable ad, the Canoga Park woman puffed on a cigarette through a surgical hole in her throat. She was 62.

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Debi Austin

( Los Angeles Times / March 23, 1997 )

Austin, after losing her larynx to cancer, became a powerful advocate in the public-awareness campaign against smoking. In a memorable ad, the Canoga Park woman puffed on a cigarette through a surgical hole in her throat. She was 62.
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