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Doc Holliday: The Deadliest Dentist of the Wild West

3 May 2024

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Doc Holliday was the Robin to Wyatt Earp’s Batman; by his side whenever the going got tough, pistol in hand, ready to go out in a blaze of glory. Their friendship became a legendary tale of the Wild West, depicted in many books and westerns. Holliday didn’t necessarily act this way out of sheer bravery or an undying sense of loyalty, but for a more tragic reason - he knew that he was a doomed man, anyway. Stricken with tuberculosis from an early age, before he even met Wyatt Earp, Holliday understood that he was living on borrowed time, so he chose to live it like a man with nothing to lose. In the process, he became one of the greatest icons of the Wild West. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI analog horror project: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free Cosmic Horror Ebook with Mailing List Signup: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: John Myers Myers - Doc Holliday Pat Jahns - The Frontier World of Doc Holliday True West Magazine HistoryNet Georgia Encyclopedia Legends of America

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