Dr. Howard A. Engle, the veteran pediatrician who lent his name to a landmark class action suit against Big Tobacco, dies..

July 24, 2009 - Dr. Howard A. Engle, the veteran Miami Beach pediatrician who lent his name to a landmark class action suit against Big Tobacco, died Wednesday at home, said son David Engle. He was 89 and suffered from smoking-related respiratory disease and lymphoma.

Reference: Dr. Howard A. Engle | Pediatrician led anti-tobacco lawsuit A revered pediatrician, Howard Engle battled smoking-related illness in a historic class-action lawsuit by ELINOR J. BRECHER, Miami Herald, 7/24/2009.