Stars that lost their lives because of a love for smoking

Mercouri died on 6 March 1994 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, from lung cancer, aged 73. She was survived by her husband, Jules Dassin. She had no children. She received a state funeral with Prime Minister’s honors at the First Cemetery of Athens four days later. The Melina Mercouri Foundation was founded by her widower.