Ron Kovic Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Imagine having Tom Cruise play your life story in a movie, and ending up on stage in Hollywood celebrating the movie's two Oscars? All Ron Kovic had to do to achieve this fantasy was serve three tours of duty in Vietnam, get paralyzed for life by combat wounds, and write a best-selling book about it all. A war veteran turned antiwar-activist, Kovic...
Full Name
Ron Kovic
Net Worth
$850,000
Date Of Birth
July 4, 1946
Place Of Birth
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation
Political and peace activist, author
Profession
Author, Peace activist, Political activist
Nationality
American
Nicknames
Ron Kovic, Kovic, Ron
IMDB
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Movies
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern, Postcards from the Edge, Born on the Fourth of July, Operation Last Patrol
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
1
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.
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Fact
1
His nephew, Adam Kovic, is part of a YouTube gaming collective called Funhaus.
2
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 135, pages 224-228. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
3
He and director Oliver Stone wrote much of the script together at a cafe in Venice, CA.
4
He gave Tom Cruise his Bronze star as a birthday present in 1990.
