Michael Wayne manner of death natural causes
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, California, Wayne graduated from Loyola University in California in 1956 with a Business degree and served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.Wayne began his film career as a production assistant on the set of the John Ford film The Quiet Man in 1951. He joined his father's film production company, Batjac Productions, for The Alamo (1960) and became line producer for McLintock! (1963) and producer on many other John Wayne vehicles including Big Jake (1971) and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973).
Wayne, who developed the reputation of being a good businessman, served on the board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund and was The John Wayne Foundation's president and chairman of the board.  He also was founder and chairman of the board of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center.
Wayne and his wife, Gretchen, had five children, son Christopher, daughters Alicia, Josephine, Maria, and Teresa. He died at the age of 68 of heart failure as the result of complications from lupus erythematosus, just two months before his mother's death.
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