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  2. John Wayne - Wikipedia

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    Wayne made his last public appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979, [8] [9] and died of stomach cancer two months later. [10] In 1980, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian honor of the United States.

  3. 51st Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    It is also remembered for being the final public appearance of Oscar-winning actor John Wayne, where he was given a standing ovation before presenting the award for Best Picture. [12] On June 11, two months after the ceremony, he died from complications from stomach cancer at age 72.

  4. John Wayne filmography - Wikipedia

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    American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh suggested him for the lead in The Big Trail (1930), an epic Western shot in an early widescreen process ...

  5. The Shootist - Wikipedia

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    There’s nothing in The Shootist you haven’t seen done many times before and done better … but what you haven’t seen before is a dying John Wayne give his last performance. And it’s Wayne’s performance, and the performances of some of the surrounding characters (Howard, Richard Boone, Harry Morgan, and Sheree North) that make The ...

  6. Column: Did John Wayne try to assault Sacheen Littlefeather ...

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    Once again, we’re flooded with the tale of John Wayne and the Six Security Men, the lousy variety act many people believe played the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion back in 1973.

  7. Big Jake - Wikipedia

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    Big Jake is a 1971 American Technicolor Western film starring John Wayne, Richard Boone and Maureen O'Hara.The picture was the final film for George Sherman in a directing career of more than 30 years, and Maureen O'Hara's last film with John Wayne and her last before her twenty-year retirement.

  8. The Longest Day (film) - Wikipedia

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    All of the other major actors accepted $25,000 as payment for their appearance in the film, but Wayne insisted on $250,000 to punish Zanuck for once referring to him as "poor John Wayne", regarding Wayne's problems with his lavish film The Alamo (1960). [18] Pop stars Paul Anka, Tommy Sands, and Fabian appear together as Rangers in the film. [19]

  9. Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend - Wikipedia

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    Both Ford and John Wayne make an appearance. The last scene that Ford ever shot was the segment featuring Wayne, shot on the set of Rio Lobo in Tucson, Arizona, the night after Wayne had received the Academy Award for Best Actor for True Grit. [1]