A recent television series referred to Doc Holliday as a “vicious killer” but Doc’s reputation as the “deadly dentist” is greatly exaggerated. One account said he “won more than thirty duels to the death” and another claimed he killed sixteen men. Best guess is he only killed two by himself; Tom McLaury in the Tombstone street fight and the evidence is strong that he killed Mike Gordon in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879. It’s possible, even likely he fired some of the shots that ki
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