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Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973).
A Freemason, he served as Worshipful Master of Opp Lodge number 605 from 1949 to 1951. He was best known for his efforts to bring about the realization of the lake and state park that is today known as the ' Frank Jackson State Park ' outside Opp. Opened in 1970 as Lightwood Knot Creek State Park, the park was renamed in his honor by the State ...
Rich was the founder and owner of American Guns' featured Gunsmoke Guns stores.He spent 22 years in law enforcement. Wyatt was Chief of the Police Department in Alma, Colorado for approximately 4 years, but retired from that position in 2005 following a scandalous arrest and incarceration on contempt/violating court order charges related to the 2002 divorce from ex-wife Rebecca.
Wyatt was born in Louisville to Richard H. and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt and attended the University of Louisville and the University of Louisville School of Law. [1] He was admitted to the bar in 1927. He was the principal counsel for The Louisville Courier-Journal and other Bingham family-owned media companies prior to launching his political career.
Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman.He served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.
His funeral was conducted by the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, and their eulogy declared, "he held positions of public trust, and in all was active, faithful, and honest." [ 18 ] : 94 The cause of death was arterial sclerosis , and secondarily syphilis , which he had contracted thirty years earlier (in 1882, while sheriff in Tombstone).
Wyatt Earp was the last surviving Earp brother and the last surviving participant of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral when he died at home in the Earps' small rented bungalow at 4004 W 17th Street, [144] in Los Angeles, of chronic cystitis on January 13, 1929, at the age of 80.
John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851 [citation needed] – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp.