farmgirl
04-05-2004, 09:17 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=5&u=/ap/20040404/ap_en_mo/john_wayne_stamp\
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - He was a cowboy, a Green Beret, a jet pilot and a detective during his long acting career. Now, John Wayne (news) will grace a postage stamp. The United States Postal Service unveiled its annual "Legends of Hollywood" commemorative postage stamp Saturday night at a private fund-raiser.
The fund-raiser was for the John Wayne Cancer Institute and was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This is not the first time Wayne's likeness has appeared on a stamp. In 1990, he was pictured on one of four 25-cent U.S. commemorative postage stamps honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp featured Wayne as the Ringo Kid in "Stagecoach."
Previous honorees in the "Legends of Hollywood" series including Marilyn Monroe (news) (1995), James Dean (news) (1996), Humphrey Bogart (news) (1997), Alfred Hitchcock (news) (1998), James Cagney (news) (1999), Edward G. Robinson (news) (2000), Lucille Ball (news) (2001), Cary Grant (news) (2002) and Audrey Hepburn (news) (2003).
"He would be glad to know he will be visiting the homes and businesses of millions of his fans every day," said Ethan Wayne, one of the Duke's seven children.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - He was a cowboy, a Green Beret, a jet pilot and a detective during his long acting career. Now, John Wayne (news) will grace a postage stamp. The United States Postal Service unveiled its annual "Legends of Hollywood" commemorative postage stamp Saturday night at a private fund-raiser.
The fund-raiser was for the John Wayne Cancer Institute and was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This is not the first time Wayne's likeness has appeared on a stamp. In 1990, he was pictured on one of four 25-cent U.S. commemorative postage stamps honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp featured Wayne as the Ringo Kid in "Stagecoach."
Previous honorees in the "Legends of Hollywood" series including Marilyn Monroe (news) (1995), James Dean (news) (1996), Humphrey Bogart (news) (1997), Alfred Hitchcock (news) (1998), James Cagney (news) (1999), Edward G. Robinson (news) (2000), Lucille Ball (news) (2001), Cary Grant (news) (2002) and Audrey Hepburn (news) (2003).
"He would be glad to know he will be visiting the homes and businesses of millions of his fans every day," said Ethan Wayne, one of the Duke's seven children.