What did Doc Holliday say to Ringo in Latin?

Doc: Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego. Ringo: Iuventus stultorum magister. Doc: In pace requiescat. Doc: In wine there is truth.
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What is the Latin conversation between Doc and Ringo?

Doc Holiday is conveying the fact that he doesn't care what Johnny Ringo is saying and that he doesn't care what his advice is. A common Latin saying meaning "Let the Jew Apella believe it; not I". The phrase means, roughly, tell it to someone else, not me.
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What did Doc Holliday say to Ringo in Tombstone?

Holliday says, “I'm your huckleberry” at two points in the film, both when speaking to Johnny Ringo. The first time he says the phrase is when Ringo confronts Wyatt Earp in the street. Holliday gets involved, getting up out of his barber chair and saying the fabled line “I'm your huckleberry.”
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What did Doc Holliday mean by you're no daisy?

In context, this phrase means “you're the best if you do”. So, the word daisy means simply the best or marvelous! If we channel it on the phrase “you're a daisy if you do”, it's like saying “please do.” Doc Holliday is simply being his own sarcastic self when uttering that phrase.
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Is I'm your huckleberry offensive?

According to the New Dictionary of American Slang, the early 1880s phrase, spoken by Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) in the 1993 movie Tombstone, means “a fool; a dunce. A very mild and affectionate insult.”
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What does it mean when someone says I'll be your huckleberry?

“I'm your huckleberry” is a way of saying that one is just the right person for a given job. Any of these would be a good fit with Doc Holliday, who came from a well-educated and well-read background. And he uses the phrase as a way of saying “I'm the right man to kill Ringo.”
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Did Johnny Ringo speak Latin?

Johnny likely learned to use a pistol in Gallatin; Jesse James and Johnny's 1st cousin Cole Younger also lived in the town during the time. As an adult, Johnny could recite Shakespeare and speak Latin as well as any educated man.
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What was Doc Holliday's last words?

As he lay dying he is reported to have asked for a shot of whiskey. The story is that Doc fully expected to die in gunfight, but upon finding himself at death's door in a bed instead, he appreciated the irony of his situation and uttered his last words: “This is funny.”
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What does Lunger mean in Tombstone?

One of the reasons Doc moved west and eventually to Arizona is because of the belief the dry air would ease his symptoms. Doc is repeatedly referred to as a "lunger" in the film. " Lunger" was a derogatory slang term used during the era for someone suffering from tuberculosis, also referred to as consumption.
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What was the Latin being spoken in Tombstone?

Johnny Ringo: "Eventis sultorum magister." ("Experience is the teacher of fools.") Doc Holliday: "Pace requiescata." ("Rest in peace", I think, however "pace" means "by leave of" and "requiescata" probably has something to do with death.)
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What were Wyatt Earp's last words?

His last words were enigmatic. According to his wife of 47 years, Wyatt's last words, just before he died in January of 1929 were "Suppose, suppose…" Wyatt's wife, friends, and biographers all have only made guesses at what he was about to say to complete his thought before he passed away.
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Where is Doc Holliday's real grave?

He is buried in Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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Which Wyatt Earp movie is the most accurate?

Logically, 1946's My Darling Clementine should be the most accurate telling of the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral, since Wyatt Earp shared his memories with friend and director John Ford. For entertainment value, it may be the best film on the subject, but it ain't history.
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Who was the fastest gunslinger in the Old West?

Bob Munden was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as “The Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived”. One journalist reckoned that if Munden had been at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881, the gunfight would have been over in 5 to 10 seconds.
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Who played the best Doc Holliday?

Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday is one of the most notable parts of the entire movie which is saying a lot considering the cast also includes the likes of Charlton Heston, Thomas Hayden Church and Billy Bob Thornton.
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How much of Tombstone is true?

Tombstone is fairly accurate historically. In fact, some of the more unbelieveable scenes (such as Bill Brosius missing Wyatt three times from point-blank range before Earp cuts him in half with a shotgun) are actually documented.
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What kind of shotgun did Doc Holliday use?

38 caliber Colt Lightening, both double action pistols. Never was Holliday's weapon of choice a shotgun, let alone the . 10 gauge Meteor "whipit" (a double-barreled shotgun cut down to a mere 20") with which he was often credited. He used a shotgun at the Tombstone gunfight because Virgil handed it to him.
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Did Doc Holliday have children?

Major Holliday and his wife had a little girl that died in infancy, and later they had a second child who was a boy-John Holliday was the name given to him. Mrs. Holliday died of tuberculosis (consumption as it was called back then) in 1866.
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Did Doc Holliday say I'm your huckleberry or Huckle bearer?

Not A “Huckle Bearer”

It seems that fans had been questioning Val Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holliday in the Tombstone film. They say they heard him say huckle bearer, but the script clearly wrote huckleberry in their dialogue. The book also reads the same. The actor said huckleberry, and he played the part pretty well.
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Is Tombstone a true story?

The film is loosely based on real events that took place in the 1880s in Tombstone, Arizona, including the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride. It depicts several Western outlaws and lawmen, such as Wyatt Earp, William Brocius, Johnny Ringo, and Doc Holliday.
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What did Morgan whisper to Wyatt?

According to Wyatt Earp biographer Stuart Lake, Wyatt and Morgan had occasionally discussed the “visions of heaven” people saw as they died. Now, as he died, Morgan whispered to Wyatt, “I can't see a damn thing.” Although much of Morgan's life remains shrouded in mystery, he was reputedly Wyatt's favorite brother.
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Did Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid ever meet?

Doc Holliday did not ride with Billy the Kid. Doc Holliday was a friend of the Earp brothers and was especially close to Wyatt Earp. Doc Holliday... See full answer below.
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