Doc Holliday, as the film suggests, was indeed an educated man, but not in the same way as your average gunslinger. Holliday had a formal education that included Latin, French, and Ancient Greek.

Admirers of John “Doc” Holliday are mourning the actor, Val Kilmer, and saluting his portrayal of the dentist and gambler in the 1993 film, “Tombstone.” For Holliday fans, nobody else can ever embody ...