Yeah, but he took a beating first. That didn't happen in many JW pics.
What really didn't happen in too many John Wayne movies is him getting killed. Cowboys, The Shootist, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Alamo were the only four I can think of (I guess Man Who Shot Liberty Valance would cound as five if you are talking about him simply dying and not being killed)
I just realized the other day, when my wife said "I've never seen Clint Eastwood killed in a movie" that Grand Torino (his last movie) is the only movie that I can think of where Clint Eastwood gets killed.