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Post by Srrh on Aug 1, 2003 9:47:07 GMT -5
Have you guys heard this ?
Stolen directly from Reuters:
L O N D O N, July 31— Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was so outraged at the anti-communism of film star John Wayne that he plotted to have him murdered, according to a new biography of the American icon. John Wayne — The Man Behind the Myth by British writer and actor Michael Munn says there were several attempts in the late 1940s and early 1950s to kill the man known to audiences around the world as "Duke."
In the first attempt, two Russian assassins posing as FBI agents tried to kill Wayne — born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907 — in his office at Warner Brothers studios in Hollywood.
But the plot was uncovered and the would-be killers captured, the book says, citing several sources including director Orson Welles.
The book says the Soviet plots were canceled after Stalin's death in 1953, by his successor Nikita Krushchev, who was a fan of the larger-than-life star of more than 100 films.
"That was a decision of Stalin during his last five mad years. When Stalin died I rescinded that order," the book quotes Krushchev as telling Wayne during a private meeting in 1958.
But it says American communist groups took up the cudgels against Wayne, who was a supporter of the anti-communist witch-hunt led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, citing an attempt in Mexico on the set of the film Hondo.
Wayne survived these attempts and another by a sniper during a trip to visit American troops in Vietnam in 1966. He eventually died of cancer in 1979.
WOAW !!
S.
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Post by Topcontender on Aug 1, 2003 10:43:05 GMT -5
I see stalin saw a man that could kick his ass, so he hired a few thugs to try to kill the ol man. You can't kill a legend!!! what was josef thinking, I'll shoot the Duke! Or maybe ol Josef was so whacked out of his mind that he watched "The Longest Day" a few too many times and thought that the way to beat the americans was to kill John Wayne!!!
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Post by Wycco on Aug 1, 2003 10:53:35 GMT -5
Geeeeez Stalin- his acting wasn't THAT bad!
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Post by Srrh on Aug 1, 2003 12:50:23 GMT -5
LOL@Wyc.
I never thought of it that way...
S.
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Post by Topcontender on Aug 2, 2003 16:06:21 GMT -5
what is screwy is that ol Stalin had all of hitler's stuff stored for his private gag reel. Hell he even had the body, and the only part we have left is his skull.
Stalin was a wacko
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Post by Danny Boy on Aug 2, 2003 20:52:47 GMT -5
Geeeeez Stalin- his acting wasn't THAT bad! Oh yes it was
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