John Wayne Gacy was executed in prison 31 years ago on May 10, 1994 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

John Wayne is a Hollywood icon with a presence so dominating, he defined two different American film genres: Westerns and war films. While Hollywood's golden age may have produced better actors ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy quite like John ... in Wayne's career. Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.

John Wayne had seven children: Michael, Mary, Patrick, Melinda, Aissa, John and Marisa Wayne Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has ...

The Western comedy North to Alaska demonstrates John ... forces. Wayne is his usual staunch self, leading his soldiers through grueling fights and difficult standoffs. However, the picture allows ...

You've probably heard of Hollywood's most famous cowboy, John ... won Wayne his first and only Academy Award as Best Actor as well as his third Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture ...

Once, just before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald ... and Phil Spector to name a few; and to teach future students of forensic pathology at Wayne State ...

Cowboy superstar John Wayne died after battling stomach cancer almost 45 years ago. The actor had been diagnosed with the disease just five months before his death. Fans were devastated when John ...

At one point, doctors were even unsure if they would allow Duke to complete his final picture, in which he played an old gunslinger with cancer opposite James Stewart. Back in 1964, John Wayne had ...