The Marlboro man

The Marlboro man is a Cowboy, (perhaps a Navajo Indian), that was a Tobacco Cowboy Advertising Character figure invented by Philip Morris Inc. of Richmond Virginia founded in the 1950's. His team mate was thought to be another Native American Cowboy called "Winston Pro Rodeo Series," a Rare billboard Cowboy ad of another Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was in the mid to late 1980's.  The Marlboro man was portrayed by three men, sometimes African-American, named Wayne McLauren. Unfortunately, he died of lung cancer.