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 did Doc Holliday say just before he died?

The phrase “I'm your huckleberry,” spoken by Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in the film, can be seen on t-shirts and in memes everywhere. You might be surprised to learn that Doc Holliday actually spoke the line in real life too. Hollywood wasn't taking liberties with the truth this time.
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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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What did Doc Holliday say to Ringo in Latin?

Doc: Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego. Ringo: Iuventus stultorum magister.
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What does doc say to Wyatt at the end of Tombstone?

10 "There's No Normal Life There's Just Life. Now Get On With It." In his final conversation with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday drops the above quote on his best friend after the hardened lawman confesses all he wants now is a little normalcy.
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What does Doc Holliday say after killing Ringo?

Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
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Why did Doc Holliday say I'll be your huckleberry?

What does “I'm your huckleberry” or “I'll be your huckleberry” mean? Well, it basically means you're up to do something for someone. In other words, you're in for the game or the task at hand. For Doc Holliday, he meant that he was ready to fight the taunting Johnny Ringo.
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What does you're a daisy if you do mean?

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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Why does Kate not wear a bustle?

Doc Holliday : Why Kate, you're not wearing a bustle. How lewd. Johnny Ringo : [Ringo has taken Holliday up on his offer to 'finish the game'] All right, 'lunger'. Let's do it.
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What happened to Doc Holliday's guns?

Doc Holliday's gun returning to Glenwood; museum buys derringer that was in his room when he died. This 1866 Remington derringer is said to be one of the few possessions found in Doc Holliday's room at the Hotel Glenwood after he died.
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What does the term I'm your huckleberry mean?

“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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What is the famous line from Tombstone?

2 "I'm Your Huckleberry" - Doc Holliday

When a drunken Ringo challenges Wyatt and his brothers, Doc Emerges and delivers what is perhaps the most iconic line in the film. This phrase means he is the man for the job, and he has come to answer Ringo's call for blood.
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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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Was Doc Holliday a good guy?

In the 1993 movie Tombstone, Doc Holliday (portrayed by actor Val Kilmer) is depicted as a good guy at heart, helping Wyatt Earp to keep order and law in the dangerous old west town of Tombstone, Arizona.
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What does Lunger mean?

Definitions of lunger. someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing) type of: mover. someone who moves.
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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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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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Where did the phrase I'm your huckleberry come from?

It was Doc Holliday who uttered the unfamiliar phrase to the character Johnny Ringo: “I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.” Whether or not Doc Holliday went around saying this all the time, we do not know, but it was used in the 1929 book Tombstone, by Walter Noble Burns.
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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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Who played a better Wyatt Earp?

Though many actors have brought his story to the screen over the years ranging from Hugh O'Brian to James Garner, two of the best portrayals were by Costner and Russell. Though both actors played Earp, the two films are pretty different off the bat. Costner's, aptly titled Wyatt Earp, is really just that.
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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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Was Johnny Ringo a real person?

John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder.
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