Hi temptaholics, we all know that eddie died from lung cancer as a result of his smoking habit,but has anyone ever noticed that in the photo on the back of the classic lp[gettin ready]it is david who is photographed holding a cigarette?
Hi temptaholics, we all know that eddie died from lung cancer as a result of his smoking habit,but has anyone ever noticed that in the photo on the back of the classic lp[gettin ready]it is david who is photographed holding a cigarette?
I think a lot of Motown artist use to smoke back in the day, sadly
So many of our artists died from lung and throat cancer due to smoking. Paul Williams smoked also and smoking exacerbates sickle cell anemia, but unfortunately pre-1970 not much was known about sickle cell anemia and there was not an abundance of knowledge about the long term effects of smoking. Not to mention Motown artists were worked around the clock so they did not have access to health care.
Didn't Diana Ross smoke?
Everybody smoked in those days and beyond! Many smoked KOOL cigarettes.
It was hard to find anyone in the entertainment business from the '50s & '60s who didn't smoke. It wasn't until the '70s that it was general knowledge that smoking was bad for your health. And the stories have been told many times that both Eddie Kendricks & Mary Wells loved to smoke [[and we lost both of them to cancer within months of each other in 1992).
Marvin Gaye:
the Supremes
Mary enjoying her clay pipe.
I did read that during the time Diana Ross and Marvin were doing duets...Diana couldn't stand the smell of weed in the studio OR on Marvin and it's one of the reasons they didn't do more songs together...
there was no stigma back then
Yeah most of the artist in those days in general smoked. They just didn't know better.
Don't all those classic movies. It was the height of sophistication to have a cancer stick betwixt your digits. Cool, baby.
Forget Motown, didn’t most everybody smoke back then?
That's how it was in d.c. Too back in the day,nobody asked questions in the early sixties.
Well Stevie sang about it in "Sir Duke", Thelma Houston in "Cheap Lovin' ", The Temptations in "Fading Away" and there's more.
"Smokin' in the boys' room."
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan...."Smoking Room"
I remember asking Martha Reeves for one of her cigarettes once. She made or rolled her own out of this fancy paper....hehehehehehehe! She doesn't smoke now and frowns on it. Same thing with Mary Wilson.
Cholly Atkins and the Four Tops:
Diana backstage:
There a picture in TCMS 68 of Marvin and Tammi smoking backstage. I also saw a picture of her smoking with IIRC two members of the Rascals.
No, to be honest I didn't.
It's sad to see how many good artists have died because of nicotine addiction. Unfortunately, smoking is a hazardous and harsh drug that affects many people.
I agree with you. According to the statistics, 8 million people die from smoking per year. That's an enormous number. By the way, would Eddie have lived longer if she had vaped instead of smoking? What do you think? It's just an ironic question. I can imagine Eddie with an Air Bar Diamond Box-price disposable cigarette with a strawberry flavor. If electronic cigarettes had been invented, she would've lived much longer.
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