TIL that John Wayne died of stomach cancer, which is highly suggested to have been caused by filming downwind of a nuclear weapons test. Wayne refused to believe the fallout caused his cancer and instead attributed it to his smoking. However, 90 others from the movie also developed cancer after.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne#Death



Submitted March 21, 2015 at 02:48AM by PringCan http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zqqxd/til_that_john_wayne_died_of_stomach_cancer_which/