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John Wayne Airport could be renamed over 'racist and bigoted' remarks made by late actor

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There are calls for John Wayne Airport to be renamed amid unease over a series of racist and homophobic remarks attributed to The Quiet Man star.

Democrats in Orange County are calling for the film legend's name, statue and other likenesses to be removed from Santa Ana airport.

Movements have been made over the past number of weeks due to a number of unearthed “racist and bigoted statements” allegedly made by the actor.

The star, whose real name is Marion Robert Morrison, has been labelled as a white supremacist by Orange County officials who have passed an emergency resolution condemning Wayne. “There have been past efforts to get this done and now we're putting our name and our backing into this to make sure there is a name change,”

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