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Legends stamp to honor John Wayne
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| 2-6-04
Posted on 02/06/2004 4:23:39 PM PST by Indy Pendance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Actor John Wayne, known to millions of fans as "Duke," is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a Legends of Hollywood commemorative stamp.
A full pane of stamps portraying Wayne in a variety of roles from his more than 200 films will be unveiled April 3 a private fundraising event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Proceeds from the Odyssey Ball benefit the John Wayne Cancer Institute in San Monica, Calif. Wayne, whose real name was Marion Michael Morrison, died of cancer in 1979.
"On behalf of the family, I'm grateful and pleased that the Postal Service has chosen to remember our father by issuing a prestigious Legends of Hollywood postal stamp in his honor," said Ethan Wayne, one of Wayne's seven children.
Other stamps in the Hollywood legends series honor Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
Wayne was previously featured on a U.S. stamp honoring his 1939 role in "Stagecoach."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: johnwayne; theduke; usps
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To: Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance
About damn time, pilgrim
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:25:30 PM PST
by
Vermonter
To: Indy Pendance
Cool!
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:26:21 PM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Vermonter
I tried to find a picture, no luck.
To: Indy Pendance
Good. Now I'll have a sheet of stamps to go along with my John Wayne commemorative medal.
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:26:54 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Making hasenfeffer out of bunnyrabbits since 1980)
To: Indy Pendance
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:33:43 PM PST
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Vermonter
To: Indy Pendance
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:37:36 PM PST
by
RJCogburn
("Ya shot him in the lip ?".......Emmitt Quincy)
To: RJCogburn
Figures ;-}
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:42:57 PM PST
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Vermonter
To: Indy Pendance
YES!
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:45:53 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
( <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure put it in your tagline too!)
To: Indy Pendance
Trojan Power.
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posted on
02/06/2004 4:49:08 PM PST
by
PRND21
To: Indy Pendance
About Time!!!
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posted on
02/06/2004 5:05:30 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: RJCogburn
"Baby sister, I was born game and I intend to go out that way."
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posted on
02/06/2004 5:17:26 PM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(One sword, at least, thy right shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!)
To: Jagdgewehr
John Wayne certainly left an indelible mark on those who met him. If one travels the West and visits the many sites where a Wayne film was born the traveller will find a hotel room, a bed and breakfast, a room in a private residence, a restaurant that serves as a shrine to Hollywood's most beloved figure. It has been said that in life one is judged by the enemies one makes; that aphorism must be wrong because it is hard to believe that Wayne ever made an enemy.
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02/06/2004 5:33:53 PM PST
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gaspar
To: gaspar
From yesterday's Cryptoquote:
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
Jules Renard
To: Old Professer
Great! The first song I learned was Home On the Range. Watching westerns with my dad is one of my sustaining memories.
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02/06/2004 7:19:25 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Indy Pendance
Other stamps in the Hollywood legends series honor Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. They're gaining good company with the Duke.
I'd love to see Jimmy Stewart on a stamp, too. Not in one of his Holywood roles, but rather in the Army Air Force officer's cap he wore as a combat pilot in the ETO during WWII. I love his movie roles, but above all I respect his service.
Duke, Jimmy, Bogie... you're sorely missed. At least you're where you don't have to see what passes for "entertainment" these days.
To: Denver Ditdat
At least you're where you don't have to see what passes for "entertainment" these days. Glenn Miller would be another good choice.
To: Indy Pendance
btt
To: gaspar
it is hard to believe that Wayne ever made an enemyThen you must not listen to the Left, do you?
In their practice of tearing down any American icon, Duke is trashed about not serving in WW2, and other outrageous claims.
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