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Who was the first man Doc Holliday is confirmed to have killed?

  • George Parsons

  • John Tyler

  • Frank Stilwell

  • Mike Gordon

Answer

Mike Gordon was the first man that Doc Holliday is confirmed to have killed. In 1879, Gordon and Holliday got into an argument at a poker game in the town of Tombstone, Arizona. Holliday shot Gordon, killing him instantly. This was Holliday's first confirmed kill, and it set the stage for his reputation as a deadly gunfighter.
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