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Three decades after his death at age 50 in 1980 of lung cancer, the fast-driving McQueen is still larger than life mainly because so few lived it as fast and furious as he did. His impact on the movie and automotive scene can be counted in the number of vehicles he owned — 265 before his estate was auctioned off in 1984 — and the influence he left on both worlds. McQueen was a movie legend, but he was…