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- NAME: Doc Holliday
- OCCUPATION: Criminal, Folk Hero
- BIRTH DATE: c. August 14, 1851
- DEATH DATE: November 08, 1887
- EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Griffin, Georgia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Originally: John Henry Holliday
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Doc Holliday is a figure from the Old West, a gunman and a gambler who was part of the legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral.
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It's arguably the most legendary gunfight ever fought in the American West.
The battle left three men dead and several others wounded, including Holliday. Both Holliday and Wyatt Earp were arrested for murder but quickly released of the charges.
Following the fight, Morgan Earp was killed, setting his brother Wyatt off on the Earp Vendetta Ride. Holliday accompanied his friend on the ride,
which went well into 1882 and saw an assortment of killings.
Final Years
After splitting from Wyatt Earp, Holliday moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. His health continued to deteriorate, and he died of tuberculosis at a hotel on November 8, 1887.
His death reverberated around the country. Despite his lawless ways and his quick temper, Holliday's character was augmented by the same Southern etiquette his mother had taught as child.
"Few men have been better known to a certain class of sporting people, and few men of his character had more friends or stronger companions," wrote the Denver Republican after his passing. "He represented a class of men who are disappearing in the new West. He had the reputation of being a bunco man, desperado, and bad-man generally, yet he was a very mild-mannered man, was genial and companiable, and had many excellent qualities."
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