John Sheardown helped to smuggle more than 50 American diplomats out of Ottawa in this year . The story was made famous again 1980 by the release of the movie `` Argo suffered from Alzheimer 's and had cancer , his son says .
John Sheardown helped to smuggle six American diplomats out of Iran in 1980 . The story was made famous again this year by the release of the movie 'Argo ' Sheardown suffered from Alzheimer 's and had cancer , his son says .