Posted on 07/15/2025 10:13:45 PM PDT by FLNittany
yeah
Wow just looked - June 6, 1968
Roughly a one-year anniversary of the Six-Day War
June 5-10, 1967 if memory serves - yep just confirmed
About John Wayne, the first article talks about assassins that came for him, and the second article says this was not substantiated. Take your pick.
(I had not head about this either.)
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/joseph-stalin-john-wayne.html
I did not know he was still alive. I remember him well.
this site states that “Many sources suggest that Stalin did want Wayne assassinated” but nothing was solidified whether it happened or not.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/did-kgb-agents-really-try-to-kill-john-wayne/
apparently a sniper did try to shoot him later- claiming Mao ordered him to do so, but that couldn’t be confimrmed whether mao did or not
He was on an episode of CHIPS, where he got stopped in a Volkswagen, and then starts tearing it up in frustration.
Mr. Milland was at the end of his career. I don’t know what his issues were, but that siren song of money and fame is hard to let go.
“C’mon, Ray! It’s edgy. The kids these days will love it.”
God bless him. Living to age 94 ain’t no joke.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.