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NgoMgqibelo kugujwa iminyaka eyi-100 kwazalwa u-John Wayne ongasoze alibaleka. Ngalolo suku, endaweni azalelwa kuyo eWinterset (Iowa) evakashelwa minyaka yonke abalandeli abayizinkulungwane ezingama-40, kuzoba nephathi enkulu, nombukiso ogqugquzelwa yi-Wild West, izingoma ze-rodeos nezingoma zezinkomo.
Isithonjana sesinema yaseMelika, ifilimu yakhe yokugcina yaqala eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu, kodwa umlingisi onamahlombe abanzi useyiqhawe elikhulu laseHollywood. Kunhlolovo yaminyaka yonke kaHarris yabalingisi abayintandokazi, uJohn Wayne uvela "kwabayishumi abaphezulu" minyaka yonke.
Ngokusho kwedatha evela kuGuinness Book of Records edumile, ungumlingisi onenombolo enkulu yezindima eziholayo; leyo ncwadi igcizelela ukuthi kumafilimu akhe angu-142 kwangu-153 “wayeyindoda eholayo”. Ngokuvamile, izindima zabo kwakunjengo sheriff, isosha, isikhulu noma isibhamu, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngo-1979, uWayne wahlulwa ukulwa nomdlavuza futhi washona eneminyaka engu-72, ukufa okwadala isiyaluyalu e-United States. Ungcwatshwe eNewport Beach, ebheke ePacific. I-epitaph yakhe? "Kubi, kunamandla, futhi kuhlelekile".