The Marlboro Man
The first Marlboro man appeared in the early 1950s. It was a cowboy character who appeared in Marlboro cigarette ad campaigns. He was created to persuade people to smoke this particular brand of cigarettes, and whether good or bad, it worked. According to the Los Angeles Times, several actors and models were paid to portray “The Marlboro Man,” but four of them died of smoking-related diseases just a few years after the campaign was released.
The Marlboro Man
John Henry
The song “Ballad of John Henry” tells the story of John Henry’s legend. An ex-slave challenged a steam drill to see who could work faster, according to the story. Henry defeated the steam drill, but he died soon after from exhaustion. While Henry’s story is intriguing, the race may be fictitious. Workers were dissatisfied with the steam drill invention, which helped the story gain a lot of publicity.
John Henry
