The Truth Behind Legendary Old West Gambling Gunslinger Doc Holliday

Tragic Loss

Holliday’s mother passed away in 1866 after succumbing to tuberculosis. Her death devastated Holliday, who loved his mother deeply. Not long afterward, Francisco contracted tuberculosis and passed away. After their deaths, Holliday’s father remarried a woman only a few years older than him. Holliday needed an escape…

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