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- Wally McNamee was born on November 29, 1932 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. He is known for Choose Me (1984), Hired Gun (2016) and The Hoy Boys (2019). He was married to Janet and Nikki. He died on November 17, 2017 in Virginia, USA.
- SpousesJanet (divorced, 3 children)Nikki(? - 2013) (her death)
- When the US invaded Grenada in 1983, no photographers were allowed to accompany the military. McNamee and two other journalists paid the owner of a small boat from a nearby island to take them to Grenada, where they waded ashore only to be met by a US Marine Corps sergeant who was not pleased to see them. Besides, the sergeant said, he had a grudge against Newsweek; he had been promised a pocket calculator as a gift for subscribing to the magazine, but he never received it. McNamee reached into a tote bag and pulled out a pocket calculator of his own. "We've been looking all over the world for you, sergeant," he said. "Here it is." The sergeant cursed, then let the journalists through.
- He was a prominent photojournalist for the Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. He was a Marine Corps photographer during the Korean War, and photographed combat operations during the Vietnam War. He covered 10 presidents from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, as well as the Olympic Games from 1976 to 1996. He was one of only a few photographers who accompanied President Nixon on his historic 1972 trip to China.
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