Forty-six years ago today, on June 11, 1979 (May 17, 1979), the American movie star John Wayne passed away. John Wayne died on June 11, 1979, in the afternoon of Los Angeles at the age of 72. He suffered from lung and stomach cancer, which had become widely known. John Wayne, who had successfully played characters in numerous Westerns, left a long-standing memory for his strong physique and silent temperament. Before his instructor John Ford named him John Wayne, he was Marion Morrison. In 1939, Ford cast him in the famous "Flying Through the Mountains". Previously, he had been playing small roles in Westerns. The conservative Wayne invested millions of dollars in "The Alamo", a film in which Mexicans are bad and Americans are good. Interestingly, however, his three wives are all Latino. John Wayne