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She stayed with Wyatt up to his death in 1929 and was so grief stricken she was unable to attend the funeral. The final years of her life were spent in Los Angeles where she died, her body was cremated and buried next to Wyatt's in the Marcus family plot.
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Dec 19, 2016 · On December 19, 1944, Josephine Marcus Earp died, 15 years after the passing of her legendary husband, the gunfighter, gambler and lawman Wyatt Earp.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Earp died in Los Angeles in 1929, and Josephine in 1944. It might come as a surprise that one of the deadliest gunslingers of the Wild West is interred in a Jewish cemetery in the San Francisco Bay area.
Wyatt Earp’s common-law wife, Josephine Sarah Marcus, died on this day in 1944 (though some sources cite her yortsayt as December 19th).
Feb 1, 2001 · Following the death of her husband, Wyatt Earp, in 1929, at the age of 63, Josephine Sarah Earp, who Wyatt called “Sadie,” spent a great portion of her life defending the old lawman’s reputation.
Feb 28, 2017 · Very likely Johnny’s serial fornication was the cause of the breakup. One thing is certain: References to “Miss Marcus,” “Mrs. Behan” and “Josephine” were heard no more. On August 13 a letter for a Sadie Mansfield was waiting at the Tombstone post office.
Death and burial Josephine and Wyatt Earps' grave at the Hills of Eternity cemetery in Colma, California. When Wyatt died in 1929, Josephine Earp had his body cremated and secretly buried him in the Marcus family plot in the Jewish Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California. [112]
