Happy Birthday to the Duke who would have been 108 years old today if he has survived his hard living ways.
The Duke drank and smoked and had three wives. Not what I would reccomend if you want to live to be 108.
Most people think he caught cancer because of the exposure to radiation when he was filming "The Conquerer" in Utah which was downwind from nuclear testing in Nevada. Almost everyone connected to that movie died of cancer.
Of course his life long addiction to ciggarettes didn't help.
It is a testament to his greatness that he is still an icon today when stars of his era like Gary Cooper and Clake Gable are basically forgotten.
You can find a John Wayne movie on TV almost every day of the year. They hold up over time. Some of the best westerns ever filmed.
Happy Birthday Duke!
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I think Dick Powell and Susan hayward were both on that Movie set. Both were life long smokers just like Wayne.
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