John Wayne
John Wayne. Born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, U.S. Died June 11, 1979 (age 72) in Los Angeles, California. Cause of death: Stomach cancer. "There've been a lot of stories about how I got to be called Duke. One was that I played the part of a duke in a school play, which I never did. Sometimes, they even said I was descended from royalty! It was all a lot of rubbish. Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog!"