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This is Lee Habib, and this is our American stories, the show where America is the star

and the American people.

We are about to hear next the story of Hollywood legend Steve McQueen told by a real-life Steve

McQueen expert. And we're telling you this story because on this day in history, in 1980,

Steve McQueen died.

Let's take a listen.

My name is Marshall Terrell, and I'm the author of approximately 30 books, and I've written seven on actor Steve McQueen.

Steve McQueen has held a fascination for me because I remember watching him on television and on film

because he was my dad's favorite actor.

And so whenever there was a movie on television, my dad would say, hey, McQueen's on, let's go watch it.

Or if a McQueen movie was out, he'd say, hey, there's a McQueen movie out.

He'd take me out

of school and then we'd go watch that. So that was kind of our bonding experience. And as I've

traveled around the world now, talking about Steve McQueen, I've discovered that I'm not the only one.

And that's how Steve McQueen, I think, has been passed on down to the generations.

It's not unlike the Beatles or Elvis Presley, where these parents and grandparents now

have such a love for this person that they want to pass that on to their children and their grandchildren.

And somehow, miraculously, they get filtered down to the next generation.

So Steve McQueen, there's a lot of that with him. And I think one of the reasons for that is

because his look is so timeless, you know, and that he looks like if he stepped out of the

screen today that he could fit in with society today

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