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He was a Hollywood bad boy and headstrong thrill-seeker, drawn to drugs, women, fast cars and motorcycles. At the height of his stardom in the 1960s and ’70s, Steve McQueen was at the top of his game, yet the “King of Cool” was still searching for something more. That’s the subject of a new documentary, Steve McQueen: American Icon.
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From there, McQueen drifted about, doing odd jobs such as lumberjacking in Canada or selling pens in Texas. He was eventually arrested for vagrancy in the Deep South of the United States and...
In his last days, however, McQueen faced that which would terrify anyone: terminal cancer. Diagnosed with mesothelioma, a typically asbestos-related cancer which is generally considered incurable, in 1979 the actor began conventional medical treatment, without success.
- He Had A Need For Speed
- His Father Abandoned Him
- His Mother Wasn't Much Better
- His Mom Made His Life Worse
- His Home Life Was Painful
- He Fell in with A Bad Crowd
- His Mom Pulled The Same Thing Again
- He Was Trapped in A Terrible Cycle
- He Joined The Circus
- His Stepfather's Last Attack Was Brutal
Terrence Stephen "Steve" McQueen wasn't some pretty-boy actor who never got his hands dirty. McQueen spent most of his life racing anything that had an engine, from grueling endurance classics to wild offroad motorcycle races. It's safe to say he got his need for speed from his father, William McQueen, who had one of the coolest jobs in history. Wi...
William McQueen earned his keep as a stunt pilot in a flying circus, performing terrifying stunts in a rickety old biplane. It's little wonder that his boy Steve grew up as an adrenaline junkie. But that's about all that William McQueen gave his boy, seeing as he abandoned Steve's mom Julia just six months after meeting her, leaving her pregnant an...
Unfortunately for little Steve, 20-year-old Julia Ann Crawford was not ready to be a mother. From her drinking problem to her penchant for violent men, she never made her son a priority. It was a blessing, then, when she sent her boy to live with his grandparents in Slater, Missouri. It would lead to some of the best days of Steve McQueen's life—bu...
McQueen remembered his days on the farm in Missouri as some of the happiest of his life, but they couldn't last forever. His mother dragged him out of his idyllic, pastoral childhood and straight into a nightmare. Since he was dyslexic and slightly deaf thanks to a childhood ear infection, he struggled terribly in school—but if school was bad, his ...
Julia's new husband had a violent temper, and he frequently beat young Steve McQueen. It got so bad that McQueen actually ran away from home to live on the streets...at just nine years old. In the blink of an eye, he went from having a loving family and a simple life on a farm to living on the streets of Indianapolis, afraid for his life. It's litt...
Before long, McQueen joined up with a street gang in Indianapolis. At a time when most kids are playing with friends and stressing about homework, Steve McQueen was prowling the city committing petty act. His mother had never been there for him, but even she started to realize that her son was headed for a life behind bars. She decided to do someth...
It had worked once, so why wouldn't it work again? Julia sent McQueen back to live with his family in Missouri. I can only imagine the relief that the boy felt to return to the country, but his sojourn didn't last long this time. When McQueen was 12, his mother's marriage to her no-good second husband disintegrated and she moved to sunny Los Angele...
12-year-old Steve and his newest stepfather hated each other from the second they met. Like his mom's last husband, this guy drank and beat both of them. Before long, McQueen was back in the same cycle of rebellion and lawbreaking. Can you see where this is going? His mom threw in the towel once more and sent Steve back to Slater. But McQueen's tim...
At 14 years old, Steve McQueen snuck away from his great-uncle's farm and never looked back. He didn't even say goodbye. Maybe he took inspiration from stories about his absent father, but McQueen wanted a life of adventure—and he found it almost immediately. He joined a circus for a time, but apparently, he wasn't the rodeo clown type. He didn't l...
Upon returning to LA, McQueen went straight back to his life on the streets. At one point, officers caught him stealing hubcaps and dragged him back to his mother's place. There, his stepfather was waiting, and as soon as the officers left, he beat McQueen as he had so many times before. The attack culminated in McQueen's stepfather throwing him do...
Mar 19, 2009 · In recreating the atmosphere at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, where Irish Republican Army militants waged a series of protests against the British authorities in 1981, Steve McQueen, a...
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In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to have an abdominal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs/2.3 kg) removed, despite warnings from his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and his heart could not withstand the surgery.
Mar 24, 2010 · McQueen, an avid and accomplished motor racer, died in 1980 of a heart attack after surgery to treat mesothelioma, a form of cancer associated with inhaling asbestos fibers. Early racing suits,...
