Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

When actors perform together, they become like family.

Spending hours a day for months on set together tends to bring them closer.

Many experiences they have or shared, which turn into stories told in interviews and

memoirs.

If they get to live that long, that is.

John Wayne was known as a tough guy, the King of the Western, who starred in films like

Red River, The Searchers and True Grits.

Throughout his career, he battled outlaws, Nazis, and Vietnamese soldiers.

Off camera, he battled something much worse.

It started in 1964 with a lung cancer diagnosis that required his left lung to be removed.

Wayne was known for smoking five packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day, so it wasn't

exactly a surprise when he got the news.

A little over a decade later though, Wayne contracted stomach cancer and died a short

while later.

Another actor of the time, Susan Hayward, had made a name for herself starring in films

alongside legendary performers like Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Gregory Peck.

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