Posted on 04/30/2015 7:59:35 PM PDT by skeptoid
A Willow man accused of killing another man before turning the gun on himself in an April shooting in Talkeetna died Wednesday night in Anchorage. Billy Kidd, 57, spent 11 days in the critical care unit of an Anchorage hospital before dying around 10:22 p.m. of injuries sustained in the shooting that left 33-year-old Andrew Lafrance dead, Alaska State Trooper spokesperson Beth Ipsen said.
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Not the famous Billy Kidd. He’s 72 now and living in Colorado.
I visited Billy the Kid’s grave in New Mexico several years ago. It’s protected by iron bars and chains to prevent theft.
...and wearing a cowboy hat, I'd imagine.
Adam Richman did a segment in Talkeetna on ‘Man vs Food’. He had breakfast at a place that was started in the days of the gold rush. Still use the same strain of yeast for their sourdough pancakes.
Charley Bowdre: Apologies, Billy. We was just hacking on you.
“Dirty Steve” Stephens: Yeah, we was just hacking on you.
Richard Brewer: Rumor has it you killed a man, Billy. You don’t seem like the killing sort.
“Dirty Steve” Stephens: Yeah, Billy. What’d you kill him for?
William H. Bonney: He was hacking on me.
Talkeetna is great place to go by train. Great food and lots of history.
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