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On November 7, 1980, actor Steve McQueen dies of cancer at the age of 50. The legendary leading man starred in movies such as Bullitt, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Papillon, The Sand Pebbles and The Towering Inferno. McQueen, whose nickname was “the King of Cool,” died in Mexico where he was undergoing an experimental treatment for mesothelioma, a type of cancer.
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