Statement From Ethan Wayne In Response To Comments Made Regarding The Rejection of John Wayne Day In California

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- We did not know that the assembly was trying to get John Wayne Day passed or we would have been there to speak on my father's behalf.  It's unfair to judge someone on something that was said 44 years ago in an entirely different era.  I know that my father, John Wayne, had a great respect for all people no matter what color race or sexual preference they were. He taught us to treat all people the same.  He felt strongly that things should be earned, and not given to someone simply because they were a man or woman or one race or another.  I hope that America remembers John Wayne for who he really was- a family man, a great friend, a cherished actor on the big screen, for his values and morals that have made him a role model for many and his continuing work to find a cure for cancer through the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and the John Wayne Cancer Institute.

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