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19 de may. de 2023 · El Golden Turkey para John Wayne fue un irónico premio póstumo: había muerto el 11 de junio de 1979 en el UCLA Medical Center de Los Ángeles. De cáncer de estómago.
- Alberto Amato
27 de nov. de 2022 · El propio John Wayne hizo frente con éxito a un cáncer de pulmón en 1964, aunque este acabaría extendiéndose a su estómago, acabando con uno de los tipos más duros de la pantalla en 1979. Poco...
- Javier Márquez Sánchez
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On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.
The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, and moved as a child to Glendale, California. A football star at Glendale High School, he attended the University of Southern California on a scholarship but dropped out after two years. After finding work as a movie studio laborer, Wayne befriended director John Ford, then a r...
Waynes first starring role came in 1930 with The Big Trail, a film directed by his college buddy Raoul Walsh. It was during this time that Marion Morrison became John Wayne, when director Walsh didnt think Marion was a good name for an actor playing a tough western hero. Despite the lead actors new name, however, the movie flopped. Throughout the 1...
In 1939, Wayne finally had his breakthrough when his old friend John Ford cast him as Ringo Kid in the Oscar-winning Stagecoach. Wayne went on to play larger-than-life heroes in dozens of movies and came to symbolize a type of rugged, strong, straight-shooting American man. John Ford directed Wayne in some of his best-known films, including Fort Ap...
During four decades of acting, Wayne, with his trademark drawl and good looks, appeared in over 250 films. He was married three times and had seven children.
10 de jun. de 2021 · In June 1979, after a long battle with cancer, film star John Wayne died, aged 72. Known as “the Duke”, he was a larger-than-life figure who left behind a complex legacy.
- Jennifer Byrne
In 2006, friends of Wayne and his former Arizona business partner, Louis Johnson, inaugurated the "Louie and the Duke Classics" events benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society.
7 de dic. de 2020 · Actor John Wayne died from stomach cancer (after previously beating lung cancer) in 1979 at age 72, but through his family his legacy lives on and helps countless others battling their own cancers.
22 de jun. de 2023 · Wayne died on June 11, 1979, at UCLA Medical Center about six months later, after the cancer metastasized, or spread, throughout his body. He was 72 and surrounded by family. His family later established the John Wayne Cancer Institute, which helps others fight their cancer battles.
