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  1. Jun 23, 2024 · Michael, who died of heart failure in 2003 following surgery, had a long career producing films, eventually running his father’s production company, Batjac Productions. After Michael produced...

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    2 days ago · Although he enrolled in a cancer vaccine study in an attempt to ward off the disease, Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979, aged 72, at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was buried in the Pacific View Memorial Park Cemetery in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach.

  3. Jun 23, 2024 · Michael, who died of heart failure in 2003 following surgery, had a long career producing films, eventually running his father's production company, Batjac Productions. After Michael produced Wayne's 1963 McLintock! on time and on budget, the star reportedly said to a friend, according to the Los Angeles Times, "that kid of mine runs a tight ship.

  4. Jul 1, 2024 · John Wayne (born May 26, 1907, Winterset, Iowa, U.S.—died June 11, 1979, Los Angeles, California) was a major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era.

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  5. Jun 26, 2024 · Wayne was suffering from lung cancer during filming, which he didn’t know at the time.

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  6. Jul 5, 2024 · Late screen icon John Wayne, the film’s star, died at 72 from cancer complications due to stomach cancer later in life, but had also been diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964, which the Western film star, an avid smoker, beat the following year.

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  8. Jul 2, 2024 · Here's a bit of trivia for you: Hollywood star John Wayne almost died twice while filming movies. Of course, those incidents didn't actually kill him; rather, he died on June 11, 1979, at the age of 72.