"Holliday had a mean disposition and an ungovernable temper, and under the influence of liquor was a most dangerous man." ...

I’m your Huckleberry,’ he said in an echo of the figure from Mark Twain who inspired him throughout his career.

Val Kilmer, a movie star in the 1980s and ‘90s who played everything from Batman to Doc Holliday, died on Tuesday, according ...

and his relationship to death make up the true meat of the character, which Kilmer savors. These are the key factors that make not just Doc Holliday, but Tombstone as a whole, land as an epic Western.

Val Kilmer’s death on Tuesday, from pneumonia at 65 ... s history as the tubercular dentist and gambler John Henry “Doc” Holliday. Beset by coughing fits, alcoholism, and a healthy dose ...