Steve McQueen's tragic death from asbestos cancer and drastic measures he took to survive
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mirror.co.ukSteve McQueen was so much more than just an actor, he was the undisputed 'King of Cool'. The star - real name Terrence Stephen McQueen - was a huge box office pull in the 1960s and 1970s.
As the star of The Great Escape, The Towering Inferno and The Cincinnati Kid, he was at the top of his game and officially became the highest-paid movie star in the world in 1974.
But the father-of-two's life was tragically cut short when he was just 50 years old and he was struck down by asbestos cancer.
And despite the drastic measures he took in a bid to stay alive, nothing could save him. At the age of 48 in 1978, Steve developed a persistent cough.
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