I wondered what happened to him.
Looking it up after reading this thread, it turns out he was killed by cancer driven by asbestos exposure. The man died when he was just 50 years old.
Reminds me of the Oliver Reed discussion, another alpha male. But in this case, McQueen didn't engage in willfully self-destructive behavior like Reed's alcoholism. Nobody knew about asbestos in those days.
Looking it up after reading this thread, it turns out he was killed by cancer driven by asbestos exposure. The man died when he was just 50 years old.
Reminds me of the Oliver Reed discussion, another alpha male. But in this case, McQueen didn't engage in willfully self-destructive behavior like Reed's alcoholism. Nobody knew about asbestos in those days.