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was assassinated while playing billiards in March 1882 .

The gunfight was relatively obscure until the 1931 publication of largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal , which transformed Earp into a folk hero . Today, the event stands as an archetype of frontier justice and has been immortalized in films like Tombstone (1993) and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) . The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Shootout & Aftermath Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

: The opposing group included Ike Clanton , Billy Clanton , Frank McLaury , Tom McLaury , and Billy Claiborne . The Conflict: Why it Happened was assassinated while playing billiards in March 1882