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John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882) was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder. He was arrested and charged with murder. [1]
Johnny Ringo was a charismatic, B-list desperado with an A-list reputation in American West history. Best known as an outlaw who sided with the Cowboys against the Earps, Johnny Ringo has been portrayed inaccurately by the likes of Gregory Peck in The Gunfighter in 1950 and Michael Biehn in 1993’s Tombstone .
Johnny Ringo, an infamous Wild West outlaw, was a key figure in shaping the American West through brutal and bloody exploits. Born in 1850, Ringo's life was marked by tragedy and violence, including involvement in the Mason County War.
Jack Burrows, the author of the 1987 biography John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was and David Johnson in his book John Ringo: King of the Cowboys have weighed the evidence and concluded that Johnny Ringo most likely committed suicide — an unusual end for a legendary outlaw of the Old West.
John Ringo, the famous gun-fighting gentleman, is found dead in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona. Romanticized in both life and death, John Ringo was supposedly a Shakespeare-quoting gentleman...
Much has been written about the July 13, 1882, death of Arizona Territory gunfighter Johnny Ringo, most of it wrong. Writers have inserted their assumptions as facts. Thus, the story often goes that Johnny found himself alone in a trackless waste on a hot day in mid-July without water.
John Peters Ringo, better known as Johnny Ringo, was an Old West outlaw who fought in the Mason County War in Texas before moving to Tombstone, Arizona, and joining the Clanton Gang. Ringo was born to a good family on May 3, 1850, in Green’s Fork, Indiana.
Johnny Ringo : Yeah, you look it. Doc Holliday : And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling?
The legend of Johnny Ringo is just that. Ringo was born in Indiana, not Texas. He dropped out of school at age 14; he was not a college grad (or attendee) and he couldn’t speak Latin. And his fast gun reputation isn’t supported by the record. He and a friend gunned down an unarmed man in September 1875.
The conspiracy theorists believe that Ringo’s killer(s) put the belt on upside down to humiliate him, or make a point. The Facts: Ringo was on an extended drunk and possibly put his belt on incorrectly, and who’s to say, he didn’t do it on purpose?