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Respiratory Disease

Cast members who died of chronic respiratory disease, including COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. 366 verified in our database.

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
1930–2020 · age 90
atrial fibrillation, respiratory failure
Armchair Theatre
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
1924–2004 · age 80
respiratory failure
The Missouri Breaks
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens
1952–2023 · age 70
respiratory failure
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton
1925–2006 · age 80
lung disease
Family Secrets
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
1926–2017 · age 91
respiratory failure
Twister
David Lynch
David Lynch
1946–2025 · age 78
emphysema, pulmonary emphysema
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
1920–1991 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
Dragonwyck
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
1905–1982 · age 76
pulmonary emphysema
Various Flowers
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821–1881 · age 59
pulmonary emphysema, epilepsy
Legends of Cinema
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
1907–1990 · age 82
pulmonary emphysema
Golden Boy
Patrick O'Neal
Patrick O'Neal
1927–1994 · age 66
respiratory failure
Night of the Dark Full Moon
William Hickey
William Hickey
1927–1997 · age 69
pulmonary emphysema
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
1910–2000 · age 90
respiratory failure
Dark Command
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
1898–1987 · age 89
lung disease
Broken Dreams
Tom Poston
Tom Poston
1921–2007 · age 85
respiratory failure
The Old Dark House
Charlotte Coleman
Charlotte Coleman
1968–2001 · age 33
asthma
Low Level Panic
Bill Tung Biu
Bill Tung Biu
1933–2006 · age 72
pulmonary emphysema
When East Goes West
Eddie Baker
Eddie Baker
1897–1968 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
Donkey Baseball
Gorō Naya
Gorō Naya
1929–2013 · age 83
respiratory failure
Daikengo the Guardian of Space
Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw
1912–1982 · age 69
pulmonary emphysema
Murder Once Removed
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal
1926–2001 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Guerrilla
James Gleason
James Gleason
1882–1959 · age 76
asthma
Murder on a Bridle Path
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
1889–1965 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Price of Freedom
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
1904–1991 · age 87
respiratory failure
Air Mail
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
1929–1993 · age 64
asthma
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie
1909–1971 · age 61
pulmonary emphysema
Circle of the Day
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1927–2013 · age 85
lung disease
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
1911–1993 · age 81
respiratory failure
Making of 'Dreams'
Scott Brady
Scott Brady
1924–1985 · age 60
pulmonary emphysema
Castle of Evil
Brad Dexter
Brad Dexter
1917–2002 · age 85
pulmonary emphysema
13 Fighting Men
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke
1914–1986 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
Conquest of Space
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
1894–1974 · age 80
pulmonary emphysema
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Nan Martin
Nan Martin
1927–2010 · age 82
pulmonary emphysema
The Mugger
Neville Brand
Neville Brand
1920–1992 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
Man Crazy
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Doris Grau
1924–1995 · age 71
lung disease
Coldblooded
Mohamed Hassan El Joundi
Mohamed Hassan El Joundi
1938–2017 · age 78
lung disease
Oulad Al Hlal
John Lee Mahin
John Lee Mahin
1902–1984 · age 81
pulmonary emphysema
Hell Below
Bob Steele
Bob Steele
1907–1988 · age 81
pulmonary emphysema
Desert Patrol
Christine Boisson
Christine Boisson
1956–2024 · age 68
lung disease
Suffocating Heat
John Pilger
John Pilger
1939–2023 · age 84
pulmonary fibrosis
The War You Don't See
Loose Mohan
Loose Mohan
1928–2012 · age 84
respiratory failure
Madras Vathiyar
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883 · age 64
lung disease
Laissez-faire
George Macready
George Macready
1899–1973 · age 73
pulmonary emphysema
I Beheld His Glory
Will Geer
Will Geer
1902–1978 · age 76
respiratory failure
Men and Dust
Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello
1903–1979 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Heart of Maryland
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard
1940–2001 · age 60
respiratory failure
Robin
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
1910–2010 · age 100
respiratory failure
The Love Captive
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William Roberts
1913–1997 · age 83
respiratory failure
Gallant Bess
Somchai Asanajinda
Somchai Asanajinda
1921–1993 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
ฟ้าเพียงดิน
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
1926–2016 · age 90
respiratory failure
Primo Levi's Journey
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson
1925–2005 · age 79
pulmonary emphysema
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Kazimierz Kutz
Kazimierz Kutz
1929–2018 · age 89
respiratory failure
Cnota
Martita Hunt
Martita Hunt
1900–1969 · age 69
asthma
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Richard Briers
Richard Briers
1934–2013 · age 79
pulmonary emphysema
One-Upmanship
Herb Edelman
Herb Edelman
1933–1996 · age 62
pulmonary emphysema
Big John, Little John
Michel del Castillo
Michel del Castillo
1933–2024 · age 91
lung disease
Le Grand Échiquier
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
1924–1988 · age 63
asthma
Do Jasoos
J. Carrol Naish
J. Carrol Naish
1896–1973 · age 77
pulmonary emphysema
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd
1935–2025 · age 89
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Mrs. Munck
Pauline Frederick
Pauline Frederick
1883–1938 · age 55
asthma
Mumsie
Walter Burke
Walter Burke
1908–1984 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Kazuya Tatekabe
Kazuya Tatekabe
1934–2015 · age 80
respiratory failure
Time Bokan: Royal Revival
Luana Patten
Luana Patten
1938–1996 · age 57
respiratory failure
The Music Box Kid
Adalberto Martínez
Adalberto Martínez
1916–2003 · age 87
pulmonary emphysema
Lázaro Cárdenas
Robert Young
Robert Young
1907–1998 · age 91
respiratory failure
Mercy or Murder?
Berting Labra
Berting Labra
1933–2009 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
Patapon
Clive Swift
Clive Swift
1936–2019 · age 82
respiratory failure
Keeping Up Appearances
John Russell
John Russell
1921–1991 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
Hell Bound
Ismael Rodríguez
Ismael Rodríguez
1917–2004 · age 86
respiratory failure
Fervor Infantilista
Fernando Luján
Fernando Luján
1939–2019 · age 79
respiratory failure
Lawless Youth
Peter Stone
Peter Stone
1930–2003 · age 73
pulmonary fibrosis
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930–2002 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
AIDS: You Can't Catch It Holding Hands
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
1893–1964 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
Tom Brown's School Days
Oleg Efremov
Oleg Efremov
1927–2000 · age 72
lung disease
Rudin
Yuriy Sherstnyov
Yuriy Sherstnyov
1941–2017 · age 76
lung disease
Tester
Romain Bouteille
Romain Bouteille
1937–2021 · age 84
respiratory failure
L'école sauvage
Donald Burton
Donald Burton
1934–2007 · age 73
pulmonary emphysema
Warship
Alexa Kenin
Alexa Kenin
1962–1985 · age 23
asthma
Co-Ed Fever
Dick York
Dick York
1928–1992 · age 63
pulmonary emphysema
Bookkeeping and You
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura
1932–2023 · age 91
respiratory failure
Portrait of Carlos Saura
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Kenpachirō Satsuma
1947–2023 · age 76
interstitial lung disease
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Paul Brinegar
Paul Brinegar
1917–1995 · age 77
pulmonary emphysema
Rawhide
Chavela Vargas
Chavela Vargas
1919–2012 · age 93
respiratory failure
Canal+: Chavela Vargas
Hugh Reilly
Hugh Reilly
1915–1998 · age 82
pulmonary emphysema
TV Reader's Digest
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
1966–2023 · age 56
respiratory tract infection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Teresa Teng
Teresa Teng
1953–1995 · age 42
asthma
I Want to Sing
Joe Seneca
Joe Seneca
1919–1996 · age 77
asthma
Crossroads
Nigel Terry
Nigel Terry
1945–2015 · age 69
pulmonary emphysema
Caravaggio
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers
1927–2013 · age 85
respiratory failure
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Carlos Orellana
Carlos Orellana
1900–1960 · age 59
lung disease
Miente y serás feliz
Peter Benchley
Peter Benchley
1940–2006 · age 65
lung disease
Great White Deep Trouble
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Susumu Ishikawa
1933–2012 · age 79
pulmonary emphysema
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
Ron Glass
Ron Glass
1945–2016 · age 71
respiratory failure
The New Odd Couple
Judith Malina
Judith Malina
1926–2015 · age 88
lung disease
Rite of Guerrilla Theater
John Agar
John Agar
1921–2002 · age 81
pulmonary emphysema
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Arthur Franz
Arthur Franz
1920–2006 · age 86
pulmonary emphysema
Sisters of Death
Jim Siedow
Jim Siedow
1920–2003 · age 83
pulmonary emphysema
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
1937–2008 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
Concrete Cowboys
Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Audley
1905–1991 · age 86
respiratory failure
Disney's Greatest Villains
Robert Goulet
Robert Goulet
1933–2007 · age 73
pulmonary fibrosis
Acting Sheriff
Hatsuo Yamaya
Hatsuo Yamaya
1933–2019 · age 85
interstitial lung disease
Vagabond of Sex
Henry Corden
Henry Corden
1920–2005 · age 85
pulmonary emphysema
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
James Shigeta
James Shigeta
1929–2014 · age 85
respiratory failure
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Hugh Wilson
Hugh Wilson
1943–2018 · age 74
pulmonary emphysema
Mickey
Terry Nation
Terry Nation
1930–1997 · age 66
pulmonary emphysema
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay
1910–1981 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
The Law in Her Hands
Dick Martin
Dick Martin
1922–2008 · age 86
respiratory failure
Once Upon a Horse...
James Franciscus
James Franciscus
1934–1991 · age 57
pulmonary emphysema
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Warren Stevens
Warren Stevens
1919–2012 · age 92
lung disease
The Student Body
Sylvia Fine
Sylvia Fine
1913–1991 · age 78
pulmonary emphysema
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Jack Carter
Jack Carter
1922–2015 · age 93
respiratory failure
Stage Show
Walter Reyno
Walter Reyno
1935–2014 · age 79
respiratory failure
The Aura
Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran
1917–1965 · age 48
lung disease
The Beat Generation
May Allison
May Allison
1890–1989 · age 98
respiratory failure
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Loredana Martínez
Loredana Martínez
1947–2024 · age 77
pulmonary fibrosis
Ante Up
Eriprando Visconti
Eriprando Visconti
1932–1995 · age 62
pulmonary emphysema
Dear Michele
Roberto Maya
Roberto Maya
1935–2026 · age 91
respiratory failure
A Herança dos Devassos
Cathleen Cordell
Cathleen Cordell
1915–1997 · age 82
pulmonary emphysema
Black Beauty
Kjell Grede
Kjell Grede
1936–2017 · age 81
pulmonary emphysema
The Guldbagge Awards
Kalina Jędrusik
Kalina Jędrusik
1931–1991 · age 60
asthma
Księżyc z Alabamy
Frank Braña
Frank Braña
1934–2012 · age 77
respiratory failure
Freddie of the Jungle
Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Provine
1935–2010 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Roaring 20's
Bernard Landry
Bernard Landry
1937–2018 · age 81
pulmonary fibrosis
À hauteur d'homme
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen
1899–1976 · age 76
pulmonary emphysema
Secret Valley
Stanley Clements
Stanley Clements
1926–1981 · age 55
pulmonary emphysema
Jet Job
Liam Dunn
Liam Dunn
1916–1976 · age 59
pulmonary emphysema
Captain Nice
Harry T. Morey
Harry T. Morey
1873–1936 · age 62
lung disease
The Curse of Drink
Neil Hamilton
Neil Hamilton
1899–1984 · age 85
asthma
Mutiny Ahead
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1949–2021 · age 71
interstitial lung disease
Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?
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Maty Huitrón
1936–2019 · age 82
pulmonary emphysema
Ties of Love
David Karp
David Karp
1922–1999 · age 77
pulmonary emphysema
Snitch
Rikard Wolff
Rikard Wolff
1958–2017 · age 59
pulmonary emphysema
House of Angels
Dorothy Coburn
Dorothy Coburn
1904–1978 · age 74
pulmonary emphysema
The Finishing Touch
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman
1933–2019 · age 86
lung disease
Diagnosis: Unknown
Eddie Dean
Eddie Dean
1907–1999 · age 91
pulmonary emphysema
Driftin' River
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
1917–1982 · age 65
pulmonary emphysema
Orlando
Steve Brown
Steve Brown
1954–2024 · age 69
pulmonary fibrosis
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Keiko Yumi
Keiko Yumi
1936–2024 · age 87
respiratory failure
Ashita kara otona da
George Brent
George Brent
1904–1979 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
They Dare Not Love
Khalid Salleh
Khalid Salleh
1948–2018 · age 70
respiratory failure
Mountain of Gold
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
1896–1969 · age 72
pulmonary emphysema
My Son John
Pancho Magalona
Pancho Magalona
1922–1998 · age 76
pulmonary emphysema
The Seal Of Solomon
Estanislao Schillinsky
Estanislao Schillinsky
1911–1985 · age 74
pulmonary emphysema
Las nenas del 7
John Dierkes
John Dierkes
1905–1975 · age 69
pulmonary emphysema
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
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Moss Mabry
1918–2006 · age 87
respiratory failure
Alex in Wonderland
Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond
1924–2003 · age 79
respiratory failure
The Bandits of Corsica
John George
John George
1898–1968 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
More About Nostradamus
Casey Takamine
Casey Takamine
1934–2019 · age 85
pulmonary emphysema
Noto Peninsula Murders
Dorothy Lee
Dorothy Lee
1911–1999 · age 88
respiratory failure
Plane Crazy
Cec Linder
Cec Linder
1921–1992 · age 71
pulmonary emphysema
Quatermass and the Pit
Del Close
Del Close
1934–1999 · age 64
pulmonary emphysema
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Roh Tae-woo
Roh Tae-woo
1932–2021 · age 88
asthma
Non Fiction Diary
Manuel de la Calva
Manuel de la Calva
1937–2025 · age 88
pulmonary fibrosis
Escala en Tenerife
Tridsadee Sahawong
Tridsadee Sahawong
1978–2016 · age 37
lung disease, dengue fever
The Heart of Earth
I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley
1900–1978 · age 78
pulmonary emphysema
Waco
Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy
1891–1987 · age 96
respiratory failure
The Kingdom of Youth
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
1929–2017 · age 87
lung disease
The Siege of Sidney Street
Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal
1936–2025 · age 89
pulmonary fibrosis
Dominguinhos
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Del Reeves
1932–2007 · age 74
pulmonary emphysema
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
1901–1970 · age 68
pulmonary emphysema
The CinemaScope Parade
Parviz Shahinkhou
Parviz Shahinkhou
1915–2016 · age 100
lung disease
Iran Is My Land
Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno
1906–2010 · age 103
respiratory failure
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
Tomo Suzuki
Tomo Suzuki
1934–2018 · age 84
respiratory failure, pleurisy
Skyscraper Murder Case
Danny Dayton
Danny Dayton
1923–1999 · age 75
pulmonary emphysema
The Turning Point
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Nicolaescu
1930–2013 · age 82
respiratory failure
Un august în flăcări
Arduíno Colassanti
Arduíno Colassanti
1936–2014 · age 78
respiratory failure
El Justicero
Václav Havel
Václav Havel
1936–2011 · age 75
respiratory failure
Věra 68
Ita Rina
Ita Rina
1907–1979 · age 71
asthma
Das Lied der Schwarzen Berge
Arnoldo Foà
Arnoldo Foà
1916–2014 · age 98
respiratory failure
Napoleone a Sant'Elena
Daryl Duke
Daryl Duke
1929–2006 · age 77
pulmonary fibrosis
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Jins Shamsudin
Jins Shamsudin
1935–2017 · age 81
asthma
The Snake Prince
Rick Huxley
Rick Huxley
1942–2013 · age 70
pulmonary emphysema
Catch Us If You Can
Robin Bailey
Robin Bailey
1919–1999 · age 79
respiratory failure
Charters and Caldicott
Manuel Andrés
Manuel Andrés
1930–2013 · age 83
respiratory failure
Cómicos
Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
1906–1975 · age 69
respiratory failure
Jacqueline Kennedy - Jackie: Power and Style
Sotigui Kouyaté
Sotigui Kouyaté
1936–2010 · age 73
lung disease
Names Live Nowhere
Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker
1934–2016 · age 81
lung disease
Sleeping Beauty
Pamela Jean Bryant
Pamela Jean Bryant
1959–2010 · age 51
asthma
The Fighter
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Bagher Sahraroodi
1942–2014 · age 72
lung disease
Rah dar ro
Peg Phillips
Peg Phillips
1918–2002 · age 84
lung disease
Return to Cicely
Garry Walberg
Garry Walberg
1921–2012 · age 90
lung disease
Gangster Story
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana
1928–2018 · age 89
respiratory failure
Eat
Cüneyt Gökçer
Cüneyt Gökçer
1920–2009 · age 89
respiratory failure
Yedi Evlat İki Damat
Supakorn Srisawat
Supakorn Srisawat
1951–2009 · age 58
lung disease
Wake Up Ghost
Luis Cuenca
Luis Cuenca
1921–2004 · age 82
lung disease
The Good Life
Judith Durham
Judith Durham
1943–2022 · age 79
lung disease
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Paddi Edwards
Paddi Edwards
1931–1999 · age 67
respiratory failure
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
John Laurie
John Laurie
1897–1980 · age 83
pulmonary emphysema
The Face of Scotland
M. S. Viswanathan
M. S. Viswanathan
1928–2015 · age 87
respiratory failure
Arul tharum Ayyappan
Vladimír Menšík
Vladimír Menšík
1929–1988 · age 58
asthma
Fanda
Rosita Fornés
Rosita Fornés
1923–2020 · age 97
pulmonary emphysema
Mujeres de teatro
Beah Richards
Beah Richards
1920–2000 · age 80
pulmonary emphysema
A Dream for Christmas
Malcolm Tierney
Malcolm Tierney
1938–2014 · age 75
pulmonary fibrosis
Who Sank the Titanic?
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
1891–1958 · age 67
pulmonary emphysema
A Double Life
Sandy Baron
Sandy Baron
1937–2001 · age 63
pulmonary emphysema
Hey Landlord!
Francisco Vidal
Francisco Vidal
2023
pulmonary fibrosis
De hombre a hombre
Ed Gein
Ed Gein
1906–1984 · age 77
respiratory failure
Serious Serial Killers
Wade Dominguez
Wade Dominguez
1966–1998 · age 32
respiratory failure
Taxman
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Elizabeth Dawn
1939–2017 · age 77
pulmonary emphysema
Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas!
Gisèle Casadesus
Gisèle Casadesus
1914–2017 · age 103
respiratory failure
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