Doc Holliday facts
While investigating facts about Doc Holliday Tombstone and Doc Holliday Grave, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Doc Holliday's last words were "This is funny". He always figured he would be killed someday with his boots on and was looking at his bootless feet, amused, while a nurse attended to him and denied his request for a shot of whisky.
how doc holliday died?
Doc Holliday of Tombstone fame was originally a dentist. It was only after contracting tuberculosis that he became a gambler and a gunfighter.
What killed doc holliday?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what happened to doc holliday. Here are 12 of the best facts about Doc Holliday Movie and Doc Holliday Gun I managed to collect.
what did doc holliday die from?
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While dying of tuberculosis in a hospital bed, Doc Holliday's final words were "This is funny" since he and everyone else thought he would be killed "with his boots on" in a gun fight.
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Dennis Quaid went from 180lbs to 137lbs in just 3 months to play the role of Doc Holliday with tuberculosis. [Wyatt Earp]
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Doc Holliday was born with a cleft palate. Out of fear that he would be made fun of, his mother worked diligently on his speech and ettiquette. This would help mold him into the man he was, and typify renditions of him as a refined gentleman.
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After Tom McLaury yelled "I've got you now!" and fired his gun at Doc Holliday in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Doc simply replied "Blaze away! You're daisy if you have."
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Dave Rudabaugh, the only old west outlaw known to have crossed paths with Dave Mather, Bat Masterson, Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, Billy The Kid and Doc Holliday.
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The Longest Poker Game in History Lasted Eight Years, Five Months and Three Days. Among the players were: Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Diamond Jim Brady, and George Hearst.
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During the Shootout at O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp was not a Town Marshal or Sheriff. At the time, his brother Virgil was Town Marshal, and had deputized he and Doc Holliday temporarily.
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When Doc Holliday says "I'm your huckleberry." it means I'm the guy for the job.
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Val Kilmer has played both Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp
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The lawyer for Brigham Young during the Mountain Meadows Massacre also defended Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp and J.H. 'Doc' Holliday for killing three men at the O.K. Corral
