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Doc Holliday
John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Holliday is best known for his role in the events surrounding and his participation in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. He developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but moder…
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science · Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887) · physician · poker player · dentist · also Doc Holliday, John Henry Holliday, John Henry "Doc" Holliday, Dr. John Holliday, Holliday
Born 14 August 1851 · Died 8 November 1887 · Q44987
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2026· 4 entries
Legacy obituary: Donald Ray "Doc" Holliday Obituary (2026) - Crossville, AL - Corner Stone Funeral Chapel & Crematory
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Tribute Archive: "Doc" Holliday Obituary | Corner Stone Funeral Chapel & Crematory | Ider, AL
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TV Guide: Doc Holliday - Full Cast & Crew
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Val Kilmer, while portraying gunslinger Doc Holliday in the 1993 Western film "Tombstone," repeated the catchphrase, "I'm your huckle bearer," not "I'm your huckleberry," as is commonly thought.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial” in The Lancet — cited 1,546 times.
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2018· 2 entries
Published “Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits” in Nature Genetics — cited 1,315 times.
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Published “Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes” in Nature Genetics — cited 1,540 times.
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2017· 2 entries
And Dennis Quaid, who played Doc in 1994's Wyatt Earp, was the grand marshal in 2018
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And celebrates the gunfighter-dentist on the 2nd weekend of August each year
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2016· 3 entries
Published “Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment” in Nature — cited 1,229 times.
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Published “High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor” in Nature Communications — cited 1,162 times.
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Published “InterPro in 2017—beyond protein family and domain annotations” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 1,326 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells” in Accounts of Chemical Research — cited 1,159 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Choosing the right cell line for breast cancer research” in Breast Cancer Research — cited 1,247 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations” in Evolutionary Applications — cited 1,772 times.
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2005· 1 entry
The 122nd anniversary of the killing of Frank Stilwell by Wyatt Earp
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Strategies for the Construction of Supramolecular Compounds through Coordination Chemistry” in Angewandte Chemie International Edition — cited 1,469 times.
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1989· 1 entry
Published “EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FAT, FISH, AND FIBRE INTAKES ON DEATH AND MYOCARDIAL REINFARCTION: DIET AND REINFARCTION TRIAL (DART)” in The Lancet — cited 1,924 times.
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1972· 1 entry
“The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry”
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1964· 1 entry
Published “A mechanism for gene conversion in fungi” in Genetical Research — cited 1,423 times.
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1887· 2 entries
Died 1887-11-08.
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Prematurely gray and badly ailing, Holliday made his way to the Hotel Glenwood, near the hot springs of Glenwood Springs, Colorado
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1885· 1 entry
The jury acquitted Holliday
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1882· 3 entries
Holliday's long-time enemy Johnny Ringo was found dead in a low fork of a large tree in West Turkey Creek Valley near Chiricahua Peak, Arizona Territory
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Holliday was arrested in Denver on the Tucson warrant for murdering Frank Stilwell
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The group spotted an armed Frank Stilwell and reportedly Ike Clanton hiding among the railroad cars, apparently lying in wait with the intent to kill Virgil
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1881· 3 entries
And the assassination of Morgan Earp on March 19, 1882
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Holliday was deputized by Tombstone city marshal Virgil Earp
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Carrying US$26,000 in silver bullion (equivalent to $867,000 in 2025)
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1879· 3 entries
Holliday and John Joshua Webb, former lawman and gunman, were seated in a saloon
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Holliday was indicted for "keeping [a] gaming table" and was fined $25
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Joined Earp in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and then rode with him to Prescott, Arizona, and then Tombstone
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1878· 1 entry
Holliday and Horony arrived in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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1877· 2 entries
After a disagreement with gambler Henry Kahn, Holliday beat him repeatedly with his walking stick
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Holliday returned to Cheyenne, then Denver, and eventually to Kansas, where he visited an aunt
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1876· 1 entry
But Holliday was never linked to the death
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1874· 1 entry
Holliday and 12 others were indicted in Dallas for illegal gambling
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1873· 1 entry
Holliday was diagnosed with tuberculosis
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1872· 1 entry
At age 20, he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery (now part of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine)
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1870· 1 entry
19-year-old Holliday left home for Philadelphia
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1864· 1 entry
His family moved to Valdosta, Georgia, where his father would be elected mayor and his mother would die of tuberculosis on September 16, 1866
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1851· 1 entry
Born 1851-08-14.
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