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Article: John Wayne still stands tall in saddle
- Article from:
- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2001
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More than 22 years after his death, John Wayne still remains as popular as ever with the fans of my generation.
We know he was one of a kind.
A six-foot plus cardboard figure of him stands behind my desk like my own guardian angel.
His voice gives verbal commands on the personal computer in the chamber of Circuit Judge Steve White.
His portrait hangs on the recreational room walls in the home of retired Sheriff's Sgt. Howie Schneider.
We're in that 50-something age generation who vividly remember the Duke's movies and know what he stood for in America.
Things like the meaning of a man's word and a handshake that seals it.
Things like right and wrong and plain ol' common sense.
John ...