Frank Sinatra and Kirk Douglas’ amazing kindness to John Wayne weeks before Duke’s death

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John Wayne was honoured by Hollywood stars Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas and US Presidents in an incredibly touching way during his final days when he was dying from cancer.

John Wayne suffered years of ill health during his final couple of decades. The heavy-drinking and smoking star had a lung and some ribs removed in 1964 due to a cancer diagnosis. During his last years, Duke struggled through his more physically challenging roles, secretly relying on an oxygen mask and even being hospitalised on his last movie The Shootist. Yet by early 1979, he was dying from stomach cancer and wore a wetsuit under his tuxedo at the Oscars in his last public appearance. Just weeks before his death on June 11, 1979, fellow Hollywood legends banded together – including those opposed to his conservative political views – in a striking showing of amazing kindness.

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