John Wayne Bravo" (1959) with Dean Martin, and "The Longest Day" (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in "The Shootist" (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979. Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa. The local paper, "Winterset Madisonian", reported on page 4 of the edition of May 30, 1907 that Wayne weighed 13 lbs. (around 6 kg.) at birth. His middle name was
Wayne Rogers York in the late 1950s. They married in 1960, had two children, and divorced in 1983. They had been separated for almost four years prior to the divorce. Rogers married his second wife, Amy Hirsh, in 1988. In 2001 Rogers made Destin, Florida, his home. Rogers died on December 31, 2015, from complications from pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82. He died exactly one year before fellow "M*A*S*H" cast member William Christopher. Wayne Rogers William Wayne McMillan Rogers III (April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015) was an American film and television actor, known for playing