John Wayne (10 page)
Authors: Aissa Wayne,Steve Delsohn
“John Wayne's daughter, Aissa, and $850,000 in Cartier Diamonds,” Cosmopolitan, March 1961. Aissa was four years old
John Wayne's maternal grandfather, Robert Emmet Brown
John Wayne's maternal grandmother, Margaret Brown
John Wayne attended USC on a football scholarship. After injuring his shoulder, he left college at age twenty (1925)
He went on to become box office gold (1949)
The Sands of Iwo Jima
, 1949
Rio Grande
, 1950
The Green Berets
, 1967
John Wayne with his first wife, Josephine Saenz; they married in 1933
Their four children â from left to right â Toni, Patrick, Melinda, and Michael (1951)
John with wife number two, Esperanza Bauer (Chata) in 1951
John married Pilar Palette (Aissa's mother) in 1954 in Hawaii
John and Pilar. She was a petite 5â²3â³, 100 lbs, while he was a burly 6â²4â³, 230 lbs (1955)
Aissa and brother Ethan. She was six when he was born and quickly appointed herself his protector (1963)
