Doc Holliday
gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West
John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. He was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp.
Holliday is best known for his role in the events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He killed more than a dozen men, but modern researchers have said that Holliday killed only one to three men. He was born in Griffin, Georgia.
Holliday died of tuberculosis at a hotel room in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on November 8, 1887 at the age of 36.[1]
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- ↑ "Doc Holliday's Last Days". True West Magazine. November 1, 2001. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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