John Wayne
| Born: |
May 26, 1907
Winterset, Iowa |
| Died: |
June 11, 1979 (Age: 72)
Los Angeles, California |
Profile created on May 2, 2001.
Did you know?
- He was nicknamed "The Duke."
- John converted from Presbyterian to Roman Catholic.
- John played football at the University of Southern California.
- John died of lung and stomach cancer.
- He is buried in Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, California.
- John's first choice for post-high school education was to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. He was the first alternate, but the first choice accepted.
- It was his football coach from USC who is responsible for Duke's start in film. Coach Jones got him a job as a prop assistant at the studios.
- Duke visited a children's hospital at 3:00 a.m. once because a little girl on her death bed had one wish to see him. He not only visited her, but every patient in the hospital.
- John was married to Pilar Palette in from 1954 until his death in 1979.
- John's first wife was Josephine Saenz.
- John's second marriage lasted eight years to Esperanza Bauer.
- Jon has seven children and more 20 grandchildren today.
- Duke was the lead man in 142 movies.
- Big, bad western cowboy dressed in a pink, fluffy bunny suit for the variety show "Laugh-In" in 1969.
