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'''John Wayne''' (stage name of '''Marion Michael Morrison'''; byname: "Duke"), 1907-1979,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/ John Wayne], Internet Movie Database</ref> [[United States]] [[film]] [[actor]], was an icon of [[American]] heroism and the personification of idealized American values through his image of the strong, ruggedly-individualistic cowboy. His [[New York Times]] obituary called him "the greatest figure of one of America's greatest native art forms, the western.".<ref name=obit>Shephard, Richard F. (1979), "'Duke,' an American Hero," ''The New York Times,'' June 12, 1979, p. A10</ref> Vincent Canby called him "as emblematic of the United States of America as the Indian head penny, and perhaps even more enduring."<ref>Canby, Vincent (1979), "Myth as a Man Realized Our Dreams," ''The New York Times,'' June 13, 1979, p. B10</ref>

'''John Wayne''' (stage name of '''Marion Michael Morrison'''; byname: "Duke"), 1907–1979,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/ John Wayne], Internet Movie Database</ref> [[United States]] [[film]] [[actor]], was an icon of [[American]] heroism and the personification of idealized American values through his image of the strong, ruggedly-individualistic cowboy. His [[New York Times]] obituary called him "the greatest figure of one of America's greatest native art forms, the western.".<ref name=obit>Shephard, Richard F. (1979), "'Duke,' an American Hero," ''The New York Times,'' June 12, 1979, p. A10</ref> Vincent Canby called him "as emblematic of the United States of America as the Indian head penny, and perhaps even more enduring."<ref>Canby, Vincent (1979), "Myth as a Man Realized Our Dreams," ''The New York Times,'' June 13, 1979, p. B10</ref>

Wayne appeared in over two hundred films, including classic westerns such as ''Stagecoach,'' ''Red River,'' and ''The Searchers;'' patriotic war movies such as ''They Were Expendable,'' ''Sands of Iwo Jima,'' and ''The Green Berets;'' and films which departed from his stereotypical image, including ''The Long Voyage Home,'' ''The Quiet Man,'' and ''True Grit.''

Wayne appeared in over two hundred films, including classic westerns such as ''Stagecoach,'' ''Red River,'' and ''The Searchers;'' patriotic war movies such as ''They Were Expendable,'' ''Sands of Iwo Jima,'' and ''The Green Berets;'' and films which departed from his stereotypical image, including ''The Long Voyage Home,'' ''The Quiet Man,'' and ''True Grit.''