Explore the mystery of Billy the Kid's death and the legends that followed his 1881 shooting.
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145 years ago, on Thursday, July 14, 1881, around midnight, one of the most famous outlaws of the Old West, Billy the Kid, breathed his last. Although he was only 21 years old at the time, more legends are associated with his life and death than with any other. Including the fact that he didn't actually die that night.