The legendary actor John Wayne, fondly known as The Duke, lost his life to stomach cancer nearly 45 years ago, after battling the illness for a mere five months. His unexpected death sent ripples ...

John Wayne has starred in 80 Westerns, becoming a towering Western cinema figure synonymous with rugged cowboys, lawmen, and the wild frontier. While classics like True Grit, Red River ...

Despite his health problems on the movie, Wayne refused to delay filming and strived forward. Ann-Margret had fond memories of her co-star’s tenacity during this period. Ann-Margret recalled ...

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on my classic Westerns, but the one that made Duke a star was 1939’s Stagecoach. The 1880-set story followed a group of strangers riding through dangerous ...