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cancer xii, xiv, 165–66, 243, 251, 254–55,
Wead, Frank “Spig” 182–83
256–59, 344, 345–46
Weldy, Richard 147
character x–xiv, 10, 42, 153, 239–41,
Welles, Orson 5–6, 125–28
272–73, 317–18, 321, 327
Wellman, William 149–50, 158–62, 170–
Congressional Medal 346
71
death and funeral 347–48
Westerns
directing 203–4, 206–7, 211–13, 273, 276
B pictures 34–35, 38–39
divorces 88, 93–94, 111, 143, 148, 150–51,
Clint Eastwood style 285–86, 294, 307, 328
156–58
sound in 22–23
drinking 26–27, 32, 34, 46–47, 70, 83, 111,
Wayne’s early love of 13
130, 136, 139, 179, 190, 194, 222, 292,
Westward Ho 50
325–26, 344
Whitman, Stuart 231
earnings 41, 55, 78, 101, 102, 108, 137,
Widmark, Richard 205, 211, 221
221, 237, 238, 246, 298–99
Wild Goose (boat) 243, 247, 257, 259
financial losses 226, 227–28, 332–33
Wills, Chill 227
football 13, 14, 16–18
Wings of Eagles, The 182–83, 186
heart problem 316, 342–43
Withers, Grant 32, 47, 101, 119, 131, 201
horse riding 11–12, 91, 152, 289
Without Reservations 102–3, 280
injuries 80, 82, 171, 292
Wolf, William 293
intelligence 15, 78
Wood, Grant 97
marriages 40, 104
Wood, Lana 177
name 7–8, 13, 24–25
Wood, Natalie 177–78
parents 8–9
Words and Music 14, 22
philosophy 50, 69–70, 71, 304–5
World War II xiii, 46, 65, 66–67, 80, 81–83,
political beliefs 5, 16, 67–70, 95–100,
88
124–25, 133, 152, 171, 216–17, 219,
Wynn, Keenan 275
260–62, 266–72, 277, 314–15, 349, 351
Wyoming Outlaw 64, 69–70
production company 109, 136, 158, 162–63
ranching business 298
Yates, Herbert 49, 56, 71, 82, 87, 101, 104,
school days 12–14
128–29, 131, 140, 142
singing 39, 50, 113
Yordan, Philip 249, 250
smoking 210
Young, Gig 119
work in props 19–20, 22
Young, Loretta 15, 17, 32–33, 40, 44, 183,
Wayne, John Ethan (son) 239, 299
201, 221–22, 325, 344
Wayne, Marisa (daughter) 270
Young, Polly Ann 15
Wayne, Melinda (daughter) 76, 139
Wayne, Michael (son) 8, 11, 24–25, 44, 62,
Zacharias, Captain Ellis 21, 45
93–94, 101, 115–16, 139, 162–63, 204,
Zanuck, Darryl F. 226–27, 237
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