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Ranar Asabar ce ranar cika shekaru 100 da haifuwar John Wayne wanda ba a manta da shi ba. A wannan rana, a garinsa na Winterset (Iowa) ya ziyarci kowace shekara ta magoya bayan 40, za a yi babban bikin, tare da faretin da aka yi wahayi zuwa ga Wild West, rodeos da waƙoƙin kaboyi.
Fitaccen jarumin fina-finan Amurka, wanda fim dinsa na karshe ya yi shi ne shekaru talatin, amma har yanzu jarumin mai fadin kafada shi ne babban jarumin Hollywood. A zaben Harris na shekara-shekara na ƴan wasan da aka fi so, John Wayne ya bayyana a cikin "manyan goma" kowace shekara.
Bisa ga bayanai daga shahararren littafin Guinness Book of Records, shi ne dan wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya fi yawan manyan ayyuka; Littafin ya tabbatar da cewa a cikin 142 daga cikin fina-finansa 153 shi ne "jagorancin mutum." Gabaɗaya, ayyukansa sun kasance a matsayin sheriff, soja, jami'i ko ɗan bindiga, da sauransu.
A shekara ta 1979, Wayne ya yi rashin nasara a yaƙin da yake yi da cutar kansa kuma ya mutu yana ɗan shekara 72, mutuwar da ta haifar da hargitsi a Amurka. An binne shi a Newport Beach, yana kallon Pacific. Ya epitaph? "Mummuna, mai ƙarfi, kuma na yau da kullun".