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An anti-smoking ad featuring the late Yul Brynner airs on ABC - February 19th, 1986

This Day in History Class

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Yule Brinner - The King of Sciam

Yule brinner was born juli borisovitch brinner in vladivastok, russia. In 19 52 he won a tony award for his performance as the arrogant king of sciam. Four years later, when he reprised that role for the movie adaptation, he won the academy award for best actor too. Brinner had been smoking between two and five packs a day for nearly forty years. He died less than four months after being diagnosed with metostatic lung cancer on october tenth 19 85. His widow Kathy lee wanted to make an anti-smoking commercial using footage from her late husband's final days.

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