John Wayne became a Master Mason in July 1970. He was initiated an Apprentice on July 9th, passed to Fellowcraft on July 10th, and raised a Master Mason in Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56 in Tucson, Arizona on July 11th.. John Wayne was an actor and Freemason who vivified the independent, pioneering spirit of Masonic Liberty. John Wayne was a lifelong participant in fraternal societies. A Member of DeMolay in high school, John Wayne would become a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Freemason, a Shriner, and receive several DeMolay honors before his death of cancer in 1979.
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John Wayne was an American actor and Freemason who was actively involved in fraternal societies throughout his life.. The Duke, as John Wayne is affectionately known, is widely regarded as the face of the American Western movie. Appearing in more than 170 films throughout his life, only fellow Mason Clark Gable sold more box office tickets than John Wayne, and his roles in classical Westerns Sands of Iwo Jima (1950), The Alamo (1961), and True Grit (1970.
