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The Last Marlboro Man, in Pictures

The Last Marlboro Man, in Pictures

Darrell Winnfield, the most prolific of the Marlboro Men, died this week at age 85—and at one point, he appeared in eight of the 10 iconic advertisements. See photos.

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The Marlboro Man sits atop a cigarette billboard in Costa Rica. Public advertising for cigarettes in Costa Rica is still allowed but very heavily taxed.

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Two ‘Marlboro Man’ cowboys herd horses in a magazine ad in the 1970s. By the mid-’70s, Marlboro was the highest selling cigarette brand in the world.

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A Marlboro ad on display in a cold Warsaw, Poland, in 1996.

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The Marlboro Man lights up on an old downtown Denver billboard.

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The Marlboro Man bucks out of a billboard in Las Vegas.

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A pensive Marlboro man hawks cigarettes in a 1970s magazine campaign.

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A Marlboro billboard in Los Angeles circa 1976.

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A Marlboro billboard.

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