Author of When The Legend Became Fact - The True Life of John Wayne begins media tour

    NASHVILLE – The author of the new John Wayne tell-all biography begins a media tour next week with a series of radio and television interviews.
    Richard Douglas Jensen said the book, entitled When The Legend Became Fact - The True Life of John Wayne, is a reexamination of the life of the film icon without the haze created by more than 80 years of public relations spin.
    “The private John Wayne was much different from the public John Wayne,” Jensen said. “He was far more complex, and he struggled with demons left over from his childhood suffering from his mother’s child abuse. These demons led him to struggle with controlling his violent temper and left him with a lifelong struggle with alcoholism.”
    Jensen is scheduled to appear live Tuesday, May 15, on the Fred Holland Morning Show on WTKI 14.50 AM - 92.9 FM. The interview will air at approximately 7:15 a.m. The show is syndicated, and it is also available online at http://www.wtkiradio.com/listenlive.html.
    On Friday, May 18, Jensen is scheduled to appear on WAAY 31 First News at 6:15 a.m. WAAY is the ABC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama.
    Viewers out of the Huntsville area can watch the interview online at http://www.waaytv.com/default.aspx.
    Other radio and television interviews are tentative and will be announced when they are confirmed.
    Jensen has been interviewed by newspapers throughout the world, including Jakarta, Indonesia and Belfast, Ireland regarding the just-released book.