Doc Holliday's last words
Survived the Shootout at the OK Corral and as he lay dying with TB in the Hotel Glenwood he stared Death straight in the face, laughed and said "This is Funny". Then he closed his eyes forever.--------------------Ray
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from what I have been told over the years . any one else share their thoughts ?
in the old days dying with your boots on meant you were most likely had a violent end to your life .
dying in bed or with your "boots off " meant you had a peaceful death and was a big comfort to those you left behind
to me your still dead but I guess people wanted to be remembered as going peaceful
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He died in the Glenwood Sanitarium, not the hotel.
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I guess Doc always thought there was a bullet with his name on it. Don't think he expected to go the way he did. Every thing I ever read says he died in the Hotel Glenwood. It was a upscale hotel and burned down in 1945.------------------Ray
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I read it was "Feets get me out of here".
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The movie version "Tombstone" with Val Kilmer as Doc pretty much matched his last words to this story.
Reminds me that it is time to rewatch that great movie!
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only 36 yrs old
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With active tuberculosis..............was he really talking or just coughing????????????????
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I always wondered....in the movie he coughed a lot......wouldn't he be spreading TB to every one around him? Why didn't they all get it? They didn't have Fauchy to make them wear a mask!!
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I have a ‘brick’ from the original brick sidewalks in OKC. To help with containing TB every few feet was a brick stamped, ‘ Don’t Spit On Sidewalk’.
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/don-t-spit-on-sidewalk-brick/10109
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Doc Holliday's Last words.......I'm your huckleberry.......
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I always wondered....in the movie he coughed a lot......wouldn't he be spreading TB to every one around him? Why didn't they all get it? They didn't have Fauchy to make them wear a mask!!
Not everyone exposed to a disease gets it.
But don't go sucking coughs from a TB patient.
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I always thought his last words were.... Hold my Beer.. watch this
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Tombstone is a Great movie. (Val Kilmers best performance.) IMHO
The line in the movie "Why Ike, if I thought we were no longer friends, I don't know if I would be able to bear it." Is absolutely Classic. 🤔😉😁
Almost iconic as Power's Booth line, "Well, .....................................................................Bye."
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Tombstone is a Great movie. (Val Kilmers best performance.) IMHO
The line in the movie "Why Ike, if I thought we were no longer friends, I don't know if I would be able to bear it." Is absolutely Classic. 🤔😉😁
Almost iconic as Tyrone Power's line, "Well, .....................................................................Bye."
Ken, pretty sure you are referring to the late Powers Booth there. Ole Tyrone had been long dead and gone by the time Tombstone was made. He was Zorro before Guy Williams took up the part for Walt Disney back in the late 50's.
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I liked this one
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Yes Sir, Brookwood you are correct. (I edited my post to reflect that.)
Powers Booth passed away within the last few months as well, I heard.
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"What shall we do now? I know, how about a Spelling Contest." Val Kilmer (Doc') still taunting Ike. 🤔😉😁
Very funny stuff.
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