Michael Anthony Morrison was born in Los Angeles, California on November 23, 1934,[1] as the eldest child to John Wayne (1907–1979), an actor, and his first wife, Josephine Alicia (née Saenz; 1908–2003), the daughter of Panama's Consul General to the United States.

(1963) and producer on many other John Wayne vehicles, including Big Jake (1971) and Cahill U.S.

[17] Wayne married Gretchen Ann Deibel (born 1935)[18][19] in Los Angeles, California on August 30, 1958.

[31] Wayne died from heart failure with complications resulting from lupus[32] erythematosus in Burbank, California on April 2, 2003.

[33][34] He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.