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Wyatt Earp
American lawman (1848–1929)
For other uses, see Wyatt Earp (disambiguation).
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| Born | Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848-03-19)March 19, 1848 Monmouth, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1929(1929-01-13) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California |
| Resting place | Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, California 37°40′33″N122°27′12.1″W / 37.67583°N 122.453361°W / 37.67583; -122.453361 (Wyatt and Josephine Earp's Gravesite) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawman, buffalo hunter, saloon keeper, miner, brothel keeper, boxing referee |
| Years active | 1865–1898 |
| Known for | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey boxing match decision |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) at age 30 |
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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman i
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IF YOU THINK American politics have become nasty and "uncivil," try the history of the American West. You can be called a liar, a thief and anything from a draft-dodging coward to a sexual pervert just for expressing an opinion about who shot notorious badass Johnny Ringo. There are people who take this stuff as seriously as the Earps and Clantons took each other. They can make a Jesse Helms speech on the U.N. sound equivocating and a Leno monologue on Clinton seem downright benevolent.
Much of the controversy revolves around that somewhat enigmatic figure, Wyatt Earp. You get a whiff of just how intense that controversy is by attending a conference--the "Annual Rendezvous"--of a group of western history buffs called the National Outlaws and Lawmen's Association (NOLA). They met recently in Tucson, and Earp was high on their agenda.
Almost 200 people from around the country spent four days here and in Tombstone listening to a variety of speakers and writers discussing Doc Holliday, Earp, and some lesser-known bad and good guys, while another 50 or so exhibitors, authors and booksellers set up at the back of the meeting room at The Holiday Inn Palo Verde.
The conference itself was generally polite. The membership consists mainly of normal folks--