He was shot in the back of the head with a .45-caliber revolver by Jack McCall. Legend has it that Hickok was playing Poker when he was shot, was holding a pair of aces, a pair of eights, and a queen. The fifth card is debated, or, as some say, had not yet been dealt. "Aces and eights" thus is known as the "Dead Man's Hand".
According to James Mic Regan, author of the newly released book, Wild Bill Hickok and the Wrath of the Dead Rabbits (Signalman Publishing, ISBN: 978-1935991328), Wild Bill Hickok was killed on August 2, 1876 while playing poker in the Number 10 Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota). The killing allegedly was in revenge of Wild Bill's earlier shooting of a member of an Irish-American gang. Jack McCall was the scapegoat and was not actually the killer. At first, he was found innocent at trial, but when he backtracked on the prior "deal" with the gang, he was taken to trial again, found guilty and hanged.
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Wild Bill Hickok died on August 2, 1876 at the age of 39.
Jingles was played by Andy Devine. He was the sidekick of Wild Bill Hickok on the tv series "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok". Guy Madison played Wild Bill Hickok. The show ran from 1951-1958.
James Butler Hickok (Better known as Wild Bill after his father) was a little over 6ft tall.Blue eyes and Auburn hair. Remember that next time you pick on a ginger!
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The duration of I Killed Wild Bill Hickok is 1.05 hours.
Wild Bill Hickok was born on May 27, 1837.
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial was created in 1930.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was created on 1951-04-15.
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok was created on 1956-06-16.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ended on 1958-05-16.
Wild Bill Hickok died on August 2, 1876 at the age of 39.
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was created on 1938-06-30.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok - 1951 Old Cowboys Never Die 6-5 was released on: USA: 2 October 1955
Wild Bill Hickok - 1923 is rated/received certificates of: Norway:16 (1924)
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok - 1956 was released on: USA: 16 June 1956