"Was Doc Holliday Really a Deadly Dentist?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 Apr 2019 10:05 p.m. PST |
"More than one writer has called Doc a "deadly dentist" who killed several men during his turbulent life. Most likely Doc encouraged these stories about his deadly reputation, it was a good way to make a man think before calling him out, but how many men did Doc Holliday actually kill? The only one confirmed is his shotgun killing of Tom McLaury in the street fight near the O.K. Corral. During the heat of battle his shots probably hit both Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. Some historians claim he also shot and killed Mike Gordon in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879. At least one writer believes he killed Old Man Clanton at Guadalupe Canyon on August 13, 1881. In other altercations he shot Charley White, Milt Joyce, Florentino Cruz and Billy Allen but none of these died by his bullets. There were a number of other deadly altercations including Ed Bailey, Budd Ryan, Kid Colton and Mike Gordon but there are no newspaper…"
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 mrwigglesworth  | 14 Apr 2019 3:19 a.m. PST |
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| SOB Van Owen | 14 Apr 2019 8:05 a.m. PST |
He didn't use novocaine either, and used a hand cranked drill with dull bits. |
| Jcfrog | 14 Apr 2019 11:02 a.m. PST |
Possibly when he was aiming at the mouth? |
| Tango01 | 14 Apr 2019 3:31 p.m. PST |
(smmile)
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| The Tin Dictator | 14 Apr 2019 4:26 p.m. PST |
I saw him shoot Ringo in the movie.
So that MUST be true. |
| AussieAndy | 14 Apr 2019 7:47 p.m. PST |
Was that in Help or A Hard Day's Night? |
| Zephyr1 | 14 Apr 2019 9:33 p.m. PST |
"The only one confirmed is his shotgun killing of (…)" It's been confirmed that he loaded his shotgun with teeth he'd pulled. Said it gave it 'more of a bite'… :-p |
| Tango01 | 15 Apr 2019 10:49 a.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha!.
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| Old Wolfman | 16 Apr 2019 7:27 a.m. PST |
Not to mention his galpal,Big Nose Kate,who outlived Doc. helped him escape jail at least once. |
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