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Originally Posted by BenG
He lived to the fairly old age of 72.
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I stand corrected, for some reason I thought he was only in his 50's, so that really makes his career more underwhelming
That was a joke, I looked up his early movies that I have never seen, I guess I spoke too soon. I still prefer Clint Eastwood.
From Wikipedia, apparently John Wayne was a little bit of a racist, more likely a product of his age and upbringing. In an interview with Playboy in 71 he said about Native Americans..
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them if that's what you're asking. Our so called stealing of this country was just a question of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.... Look, I'm sure there have been inequalities. If those inequalities are presently affecting any of the Indians now alive, they have a right to a court hearing. But what happened 100 years ago in our country can't be blamed on us today. I'm quite sure that the concept of a Government-run reservation... seems to be what the socialists are working for now — to have everyone cared for from cradle to grave.... What happened between their forefathers and our forefathers is so far back -- right, wrong or indifferent -- that I don't see why we owe them anything. I don't know why the government should give them something that it wouldn't give me.
I thought it was interesting. John Wayne was a mans man and didn't mince words apparently