Doc Holliday is probably one of the most peculiar outlaws in the history of Western desperados. He was a skillful gambler, a fearless murderer, and a professional dentist. He traveled the land in the 19th century, shooting and slashing anyone who stood in his way. But the man wasn’t a lone wolf, and to this day, the brotherhood he cultivated with deputy Wyatt Earp is viewed by many as a symbol of loyalty and virtue.
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Say what you want about the guy, but Doc was a solid companion and an adequate gunfighter. He stood up for the people he loved and showed no mercy for the ones who crossed him. But what made him especially lethal was the fact that he lived life on the brink of death. And not because people were after him, but because he was sick with a disease that was slowly tearing his lungs apart. Doc’s life is living proof that there’s nothing more deadly than a man with nothing to lose.