As for Ethan, he runs the family businesses now. After John Wayne died following a battle with stomach cancer, his children started the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John’s Hospital in ...

Actor John Wayne named his son after one of his iconic western characters he loved so much. ... That honor only goes to Ethan Edwards, who Wayne played in John Ford's The Searchers.

In celebration of legendary actor John Wayne’s birthday on May 26, ... Ethan Wayne as homage. He stepped into the role of Sheriff John T. Chance in Rio Bravo in 1959, ...