With Val Kilmer’s Death, Doc Holliday Fans Mourn the Modern Old West Legend
‘I’m your Huckleberry,’ he said in an echo of the figure from Mark Twain who inspired him throughout his career.
Admirers of John “Doc” Holliday are mourning the actor, Val Kilmer, and saluting his portrayal of the dentist and gambler in the 1993 film, “Tombstone.” For Holliday fans, nobody else can ever embody the Old West legend who stood for law and order with the Earp Brothers in 1881’s Shootout at the O.K. Corral.
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