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WILD BILL HICKOK WAS MURDERED IN 1876
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)
“Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the
American West, was murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota
while playing poker when Jack McCall walked up behind
Hickok,drew his Colt Model 1873 revolver and shot Hickok
in the back of the head at point-blank range, killing him
instantly.
John McCall (also known as "Crooked Nose" or
"Broken Nose Jack") (1852 – 1877)
McCall was hanged in a public execution in
Yankton, at age 24.
Colt Model 1873 revolver.
The poker hand purportedly held by Hickok at his demise.
“ONE ADAM TWELVE! ONE ADAM TWELVE!”
Shaaron Claridge (born Shaaron Lee Cooper; later Snead) (October 1, 1938 – September 15, 2021)
Claridge was a second-shift radiotelephone operator or police radio dispatcher at the Van Nuys Division of the Los Angeles Police Department best known for her voice work on the Adam-12 TV
series. Her husband was an LAPD motorcycle officer.
Following Milner’s death on September 6, 2015, Claridge broadcast
the "End of Watch" transmission over the LAPD radio recognizing Milner’s performance as Officer Pete Malloy in Adam-12.
Kent McCord as Officer James A. Reed, and Martin Milner as Officer Peter J. Malloy. The TV series ran on NBC from 1968
to 1975 when it was cancelled.
OLD WEST LAWMAN DIED ON THIS DAY~1929
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929)
Nearly 50 years after the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt
Earp dies quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER BECOMES HERO
Police officer Brian Wilson with the Columbus, Ohio, police department recently saved Carmella Lopez, 2, after she
almost drowned June 19th. (FoxNews)
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