Wyatt Earp was a Western lawman, gunfighter, and boxing referee who died on January 13, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. He had earned notoriety for his handling of the Fitzsimmons–Sharkey fight and his role in the O.K. Corral gunfight. After the gunfight, tensions between the Earps and the Cowboys exploded, leading to the killing of Frank Stilwell, whom Wyatt and his posse believed was responsible for Morgans death.
Wyatt's life was filled with various events, including his marriage to Urilla Sutherland, who died within a year, and his arrest for stealing a horse in Van Buren, Arkansas. He worked various mining claims in the Mojave and owned a small home in Vidal in San Bernardino County. In the 1920s, he was given the honorary title of Deputy Sheriff of San Bernardino County, California, and began writing his memoirs with the help of personal secretary John H. Flood.
After his death, the extremely flattering biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal by Stuart N. Lake was published in 1931, becoming a bestseller and creating his reputation as a fearless lawman. Josie, his wife, buried his ashes in her family's plot at the Hills of Eternity in Colma.
