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Wayne married three times and had seven children. Diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964, he used his illness to raise awareness of the disease. He beat the lung cancer, ultimately dying of stomach cancer June 11, 1979.
In April he received a warm, enthusiastic standing ovation at the Academy Awards—his last public appearance. On the eve of June 11, 1979, John Wayne passed away from cancer at age 72, surrounded by his family.
While there are nine films in which John Wayne's character is confirmed to have died on screen, there are five films in which his character dies in the background, off-screen, or his fate is left ambiguous.
Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976), in which he portrays an aging gunfighter who is dying of cancer, was praised by many as his best western since Rio Bravo. This role was a poignant screen farewell for an actor who himself would succumb to cancer three years later.
64”. According to Garry Wills, when Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the US in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, he made two special requests. He wanted to visit Disneyland, and he wanted to meet John Wayne. He was tall (6'4”) and big (225 lbs), and it was obvious from the beginning he was leading man material.
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