I was fortunate to meet Mr. Wayne on June 21, 1966 while serving with Lima 3rd Battalion 7th Marines in Chu Lai, Vietnam. Nicest and down to earth man.
He was told he shouldn't go to Vietnam because the Vietcong had a bounty on his head because they really considered him to be a powerful threat. I saw that on an interview. My uncle was there in 66 also. Just lost him to lung cancer believed to been caused from agent orange. Thank you for your service sir!!! ✌🏻🇺🇸
He smoked and he made a movie in Nevada that was right in the downwind path of a nuclear bomb test. Everyone who worked on that film died prematurely from cancers. John Wayne actually outlived many of the crew from that film.
Watching his movies always made me feel good inside. My favorites are McClintock and The quiet Man, but I've loved each and every movie I've ever seen of him. I still remember the day he died. I was playing cards with friends when it came over the radio. I cried like I knew him personally.❤
I've loved John Wayne for as long as I can remember. I started to get my children to watch his movies. My youngest said that North to Alaska is her favorite. I don't have a favorite cause I love them all. I was devastated when he past away. What makes my blood boil is him being canceled. On a lighter note I bought one of his cookbooks and it's filled with pictures and movie trivia. RIP Duke.
My favorite was North To Alaska as well. As for the cancellation, he was known for speaking up for America in the 1960's when the rest of Hollywood did the opposite.
@@toughbiblepassages9082 Strong women are still women. They have attitudes and practices that men simply don't have. For instance, they are harder on other women than men are.
I'm Catholic and this touching story reminds me of my maternal grandfather. He was a tall, strong man. He decided to become Catholic like my grandmother. Within a year, he got prostate cancer and died. I'm glad to know he's with grandma and my parents and brothers!
He was mine and my dad‘s favorite actor I was 13 years old when he died My favorite one is the sons of Katie Elder but I love everyone of them that he did
I count myself fortunate to have seen his movies, witness his on screen bravado, and masculinity! What a man and icon! 💖💖💖 I remember watching him descend those stairs at the academy awards. What a moment in history that is long gone! 😢
I Love Big John , i watch him to this day, just watched EL Deoblo & EL Lobo . McClintock was flimed the year i was born in 1963 at the old Tucson studio town just west of Tucson. I've watched alot of his early movies then he was a young man, what a great time to be alive . His movies made with John Ford in Northern AZ , he has a ranch near Greer AZ., Stunning Beautiful area . He made "Hotarri" in Africa after surviving lung cancer just before I was born 1962 great movie. The Cowboys in 1972 , hard to watch every time. The Shootist 1975 . Someday I'll see him again, jumping over a four rail fence , like in True Grit . He's Everything a Cowboy otta be an then some , R.I.P. Big John I'll see you soon. ❤🤠
that was because he was the best . and they don't give it for that . they give it to the ones they want to have it not to who earned it .they don't do that in the us they give it to pecks
My Parents used to haunt the lido ballroom and danced many times with John and his wife. My parents never told me he was balding. Different times then.
GREATEST COWBOY THERE EVER WAS. People that have lots of money you can't really feel sorry for, they have lived a charmed life. Imagine being poor and dying of cancer with no one around. That's a sad ending that happens all to often. RIP John Wayne and thanks for the ride.
I watched him growing up, American as it got. Haven't thought to much about him over the years since he left us. I thanks to him lived a life full of adventure and kept true to what I thought was American. You know no nonsense just straight shooting. My father died when. I was a kid so maybe in some small way he helped me.
Saturday pictures we're always cowboy films,and John Wayne was always the best, yes and as kids we loved him,sadly sadly mised. Thanks mate still missing your swager.💔💔💔💔
My grandfather lived with us after my grandmother passed away whenever a John Wayne movie was going to be on the tube he would let us know that that was what we were watching,no exceptions. We would fight over spots on the couch after my parents and him, there were eight of us. I can say we never missed a movie we loved Big John just as much as him. Those were the days,see you upstairs Big Guy ! y
@@ggeorge4144 Jimmy Stewart, the Hollywood actor, was a American war hero. He flew a bomber over 30 missions over the European front. Duke was home in the States, safe. He made a film about Iwo Jima. My father was there, not that coward Duke.
Since my childhood I've been watching films with John Wayne as I always liked him as my "true American Hero"! Some were downright pure propaganda but it was nice that the Hero that always won against the bad guy and had a beautiful woman that he loves. I wish to see more guys like him on the screen 👍🇱🇷🇺🇸
One of Wayne's movies was filmed on a nuclear fallout zone from atomic testing. About 105 people were involved with the movie and when Wayne died nearly 100 people from that movie has also died, most from various cancers.
I love John Wayne. He was and still is real big in my household esp since we live in Az and have horses. I was very young when he passed and upon asking my mother what the cayse was she answered that it was cancer. At the time I was too young to understand what cancer was so my mind replaced the word with cactus, something I was familiar with. For the life of me, I could not figure out how a cactus kills and could only imagine a terrible horseback accident involving a mighty Saguaro.
On the final day my wife was alive I told her she was my girl and I'd always loved her. I like to think she heard me, but I've never been sure. She died of breast cancer. John's last words to his partner Pat Stacy were beautiful, and she heard them.
I loved his movies, just to see him in a movie made it worthwhile for me. I loved his characters & many of the same people that showed up in many of his movies. I had many favorites, stagecoach, the man who shot Liberty Valence, Donavon’s reef ( for fun & laughs), many westerns & true grit because I had read about the story first. I admired him very much, I felt he was an a great man but I did not agree at all with his politics. He seemed to be a good family man even though he had three marriage. I miss him.
The Sands of Iwo Jima was my favourite Big John movie. I was 5 (1963) and cried my eyes out when he was shot in the back while fighting on Mount Suribachi. However, I loved all the Duke's movies and still do to this day!
Very few persons actually earn the epithet "legend". A word thrown around to lightly in most cases. But John Wayne is one of those very few who earned every right to be called Legend.
I found a big sign that blew some distance down the trail, It said John Wayne Trail, It`s not called that anymore, because they could not find someone to name it after they just call it the "Cascades to Palouse Trail"....still The John Wayne Trail to me....
Fighting in the Second World War with obvious distinction. Yet again in Vietnam* as a green beret ,he must have had a shed full of bravery awards.Can we see them?
FGD on the Topic of John Wayne or aka ( Marion Micheal Morrison). I was Born a Baby of the late Boomer's generation. Both My Parents were Fond John Wayne Fan's. Although My Father was a much more devoted Fan of the Two of them. With My Mom it was a more Mild or fun casual appreciation of the iconic Actor's Screen persona. As for His Politics & Opinions, I never tried, or Asked either of Them about those Type's of thing's, cuz it Was sorta hush hush except in Active Election Year's. After we had returned to the US. After Many Year's living in Canada, where I was a Dual Citizen of both Nation's. Thus My POV'S and Opinions were Very Self consciously held guarded or Not approached at All. That all being Said I'm very Aware that Mr Wayne was known too be quite Outspoken in His latter Year's & His long running Career too Say what He believed & most especially what He Thought about pretty much any & all thing's, He was questioned about near the End. At last this is my Closing Moment too End this Comment up. After His Remarks pertaining too His Battles with Cancer. I personally Believe that they Really and Truely Helped. The many Thousands of future Victims of that Ugly Disease Cope, Settle and Make Thier Final Choice's or Thier Decisions on How too Deal with The Final Outcome's that They were then Facing. I came too these Conclusions, idea's & My final ideals of Facing Death☠️💀 in 1995 When My Own Dear Mother was Given the Very same Choices as Mr Wayne had been Given Twenty years Earlier. For My Dear Mom's sake. She had been raised as a Staunch Catholic, in Her adolescent years. Her Final Call was That if it Was Her Time to Go? Then So Be it? Fine She Said, it Was to Be That Way. Well this is My View of John Wayne? He Was A Great Strong American, Icon, Who through His long Memeorable Life, made it easier & possible for Others too Speak Up or Face Oh So Many Different issues and Thing's in This World 🌎🌍 of Ours. Pardon Me for My Long gasping Windedness Here. But Thanks for Sharing, and also Allowing Comment. MAY God Bless US All, Let US Know We Are Loved. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤔🤔😎👍👍❤️🤍💙
It should be noted that the late newspaper Mike Royko, hardly a conservative, was a fan of John Wayne as an actor. The reason being that unlike other cowboy movie stars of the time, he was not soppily sentimental.
His given name was NOT Marion Robert Morrison. Duke's BROTHER was Robert.( Bob). Do you really think Duke's mother had two sons named Robert? Duke's name was Marion Michael Morrison. It is why his first born son was named Michael.
Looking forward to history repeating itself when men will be men again because it’s coming ,may not be a year from now may not be 10 may not be 100 but it’s coming
They recon he got the cancer ♋️ after working on the film the conqueror in Nevada of the 220 cast and crew 91 of them developed cancer the film was filmed downwind of the atomic bomb test site and when a storm came it blew all the irradiated sand over the film set
My dad was a great John Wayne fan but I had no desire to watch his movies even though I like old west movies and I could never give a reason for my disinterest, but I found later that he was a complete bigot and not a nice person at all in real life so now I know that my feeling of disinterest was a completely intuition of his true self.
John Wayne was a racist, rude, arrogant person. I met him when he was on location in Wyoming filming a movie about fire fighters. He was staying in the hotel where I worked and he was absolutely awful.
@@okboomer1340 i didnt dodge the draft and pretend to be military only in the movies I was in the armed forces doing 2 tours of Northern Ireland in the 70s im no actor and im not a racist
