Marion Morrison was an actor.
He was also a man who loved America.
John Wayne was also a great patriot, who had a great influence on America, and who fought for conservatism and traditional America.
If you are old enough, then you remember how the media and the left hated him and ridiculed him as an actor, and how he kept opposing them, and making films to counter their anti-Americanism.
Wayne had an incredible and positive influence on America, and he was doing it on purpose.