John Wayne PAID a stranger's debt in Nevada 1960 — what happened next changed 3 families forever
John Wayne LegacyApril 14th, 1960. John Wayne stopped at a gas station in Elko, Nevada and counted out $380 for a man he had never met. Roy Deming, 44, had three days left to save everything he had built, and what John Wayne said next started a chain that took 31 years to complete.