{"id":8024,"date":"2025-01-13T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T23:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=8024"},"modified":"2025-01-13T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T23:52:35","slug":"despite-having-7-kids-john-wayne-was-buried-in-private-his-grave-went-unmarked-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=8024","title":{"rendered":"Despite having 7 kids, John Wayne was buried in private &#038; his grave went unmarked for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Wayne: Early Life and Name Change\u00a0<\/strong>Born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, John Wayne earned the nickname \u201cDuke\u201d from his family\u2019s dog and embraced it early on.\u00a0<strong>Move to California\u00a0<\/strong>At nine, his family moved to Glendale, California, where challenges shaped his character.\u00a0<strong>Path to Hollywood\u00a0<\/strong>Excelling in football and theater at Glendale High, a football injury led him to work in movie studios, where he met mentor John Ford.\u00a0<strong>Becoming John Wayne\u00a0<\/strong>In 1930, Fox Studios renamed him \u201cJohn Wayne\u201d during\u00a0<em>The Big Trail<\/em>, inspired by Revolutionary War hero \u201cMad Anthony\u201d Wayne<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2219\" src=\"https:\/\/stories100.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-13-225207-300x241.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stories100.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-13-225207-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/stories100.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-13-225207-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/stories100.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-13-225207.png 936w\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Wayne: Early Life and Name Change\u00a0Born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, John Wayne earned the nickname \u201cDuke\u201d from his family\u2019s dog and&#8230; 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