Succumbing to His Disease
Holliday spent the last of his days in Colorado. Broke and weakened by his disease, Holliday continued to enter saloon fights up until the very end. He spent time in Glenwood Springs to help alleviate his condition, but it only made his symptoms worse. Holliday called upon Mary Horony to keep him company during his final hours…
Dying With His Boots Off
During Holliday’s last moments, he glanced at his bare feet and said, “This is funny.” Holliday lived assuming that he would die with his boots still on. He passed away in November of 1887. “Few men have been better known to a certain class of sporting people, and few men of his character had more friends or stronger champions,” read his obituary.
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