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NgoMgqibelo uphawula isikhumbuzo se-100th sokuzalwa kukaJohn Wayne ongenakulibaleka. Ngaloo mini, kwidolophu yakowabo yaseWinterset (Iowa) etyelelwe minyaka le ngabalandeli abangamawaka angama-40, kuya kubakho itheko elikhulu, kunye ne-parade ephefumlelwe yi-Wild West, ii-rodeos kunye neengoma ze-cowboy.
I-icon ye-cinema yaseMelika, ifilimu yakhe yokugqibela ineminyaka engamashumi amathathu, kodwa umdlali onamagxa abanzi uselelona qhawe laseHollywood. Kuvoto lonyaka lukaHarris lwabadlali abathandayo, uJohn Wayne ubonakala "kwishumi eliphezulu" ngonyaka.
Ngokutsho kwedatha evela kwiGuinness Book of Records eyaziwayo, ungumdlali onenani eliphezulu leendima eziphambili; loo ncwadi igxininisa ukuba kwi-142 kwiifilimu zakhe ze-153 "wayeyindoda ekhokelayo." Ngokubanzi, iindima zakhe zaziyisherifu, ijoni, igosa okanye umpu, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngo-1979, uWayne waphulukana nomhlaza waza wafa eneminyaka engama-72 ubudala, nto leyo eyabangela uqhushululu eUnited States. Ungcwatywe eNewport Beach, ejongene nePacific. I-epitaph yakhe? "Imbi, yomelele, kwaye isesikweni".