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Everybody, horses included, was sporting an eye patch, and the crowd was clapping and whistling congratulations to the best actor in the world. "No doubt this was a special moment for the star, who aside from his own health problems had lost his mother during the filming of Rio Lobo and then his brother Robert E Morrison just a month after the wrap.
Despite being displeased with how True Grit turned out, Wayne would go on to star in a 1975 sequel co-starring Katharine Hepburn called Rooster Cogburn.
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