Ron Kovic

Ron Kovic

Writer. Born 4 July 1946 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA.

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4 July 1946, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA

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1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. SAlan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. SAlan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. SAlan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. SAlan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. SAlan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Me (right) with Ron Kovic, whose story was told in the film BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY - at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 - Permission granted to copy (1990) — Me (right) with Ron Kovic, whose story was told in the film BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY - at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 - Permission granted to copy (1990)Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.