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"Doc Holliday Days" are held yearly in Holliday's birthplace of Griffin, Georgia. Valdosta, Georgia , held a Doc Holliday look-alike contest in January 2010, to coincide with its sesquicentennial celebration. Doc Holliday: 1851-1887. A prematurely aged, retired dentist, 36 years old, dies alone in a Glenwood Springs, CO, hotel room on November 8, 1887. John Henry Holliday, known as “Doc,” succumbs to the ravages of tuberculosis and pneumonia (combined with a fairly uninhibited lifestyle). Bat and Wyatt Earp cooked up a scheme to present a bogus robbery warrant against Holliday to the governor, who honored that instead of the Arizona murder extradition request, releasing Doc into Bat’s custody. Thirty seconds of withering gunfire raised John Henry “Doc” Holliday from frontier gambler to gunfighter immortal. Yet it was in a quiet little Colorado mountain community that the debilitated dentist demonstrated true grit. Doc was known to be a gambler and on New Year’s Day of 1875, he got into a gun fight with someone named Austin, thought to be a barkeep at a downtown Dallas saloon. An article from 1959 in the Odessa American would quip that it was in Dallas where “the dentist had drilled his first victim.” A notorious and feared gunfighter and a man whose name is almost synonymous with the wild west outlaw, Doc Holliday’s death was melodramatic at best. His profession was dentistry, but his occupation was killing, gambling and drinking. Both Doc Holliday and Warren Earp were wounded in that border gun battle, and they did not reappear in Tombstone until they had recovered. That explains why Holliday had a cane on October 26, 1881, and why Warren missed the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Holliday passed away on November 8, 1887, at the Hotel Glenwood, leaving a legacy that blended both the lawless spirit of the Old West and the genteel manners instilled in him by his mother. Doc Holliday passed away on November 8, 1887, aged 36. Allegedly, as he lay in bed dying, he looked at his shoeless feet and, amused by the idea that he wasn’t killed with his boots on, his last words were “ This is funny .” Holliday's role in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where he fought alongside the Earp brothers against the Clanton-McLaury gang, cemented his legacy as one of the most notable figures in the American Old West. His health, however, continued to deteriorate due to his tuberculosis, and he passed away at the age of 36. Born: August 14, 1851 Doc Holliday, 76 of Oklahoma City, passed away on October 28, 2023. Services will be held at First Christian Church in Norman on November 3, 2023 at 11:00 am. Arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service. Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in Piedras Negras for three months before the famous OK Corral shootout Eagle Pass, TX - Such tales not withstanding, Fort Griffin quieted down quickly in late September (1877) with the end of the cattle season and the evaporation of the floating population, and the press was soon reporting, “A Fort Griffin letter says all is quiet and there is less business On this day in 1887, Doc Holliday passed away in a Glenwood Springs hotel at the age of 36. Former Tombstone, Arizona Mayor John Clum recalled the Doc he Famous Saying of Doc Holliday. Doc Holliday’s famous saying was “I’m your huckleberry.” This phrase gained popularity after it was featured in the movie Tombstone, where it was delivered by Val Kilmer’s character, Doc Holliday. However, the phrase was actually used by the real-life Doc Holliday as well. John Henry "Doc" Holliday was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. 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 developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but modern researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular myth In summary, November 8, 1887 was the day Doc Holliday finally succumbed to the tuberculosis that he’d had for years, despite being initially being given less than a year to live upon his diagnosis. Picture this wild, dynamic character that had been involved in so many gunfights and had been such great friends with Wyatt Earp–and then Doc Holliday—gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist—dies from tuberculosis. Though he was perhaps most famous for his participation in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone This Valentines day in addition to our regular menu, we will be running a Valentine's Dinner for two special you're sure to love. So come out let your hair down, and allow us to do all the hard work. On this day in 1887, Doc Holliday passed away in a Glenwood Springs hotel at the age of 36. Former Tombstone, Arizona Mayor John Clum recalled the Doc he knew: "There is no doubt in my mind that Doc was loyal to his friends and a 'dead game sport' whether he was playing poker or pulling the trigger. 323 Followers, 76 Following, 26 Posts - Doc Holliday Band (@dochollidayband) on Instagram: "Southern Rock Band from Macon, Georgia USA"
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