01/14/2026
On this day in 1929, Wyatt Earp died at the age of 80. Shortly before his death an ambitious 24 year old journalist, Adela Rogers St. John’s was invited to his Los Angels bungalow. Years later she recalled the moment she first laid eyes on him:
“I’ll never forget the man who rose from his chair on the shaded porch to welcome us. He was straight as a pine tree, tall and magnificently built. I knew he was nearly 80, but in spite of his snow white hair and mustache, he did not seem or look old. His greetings were warm and friendly. I stood in awe. Somehow, like a mountain, or desert, he reduced you to size.”
Wyatt eventually opened up about his brother Morgan’s dramatic assassination, and the moment he took his final breath…
“Last thing [Morgan] said to me was that he expected to meet me again in heaven. I hope he’s right.”
From Tombstone Arizona on Facebook
