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John Huston
John Huston (left) on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
During his childhood, John Huston suffered from kidney disease and an enlarged heart. These conditions left him frail and often bedridden during his youth. Despite these early health challenges, he eventually overcame them and became robust enough to serve as the amateur lightweight boxing champion of California as a teenager.1