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|birth_date=September 17, 1859 or November 23, 1859

|birth_date=September 17, 1859 or November 23, 1859

|birth_place=[[New York City]]

|birth_place=[[New York City]]

|death_date=July 14, 1881 (aged 21)

|death_date=July 14, 1881  

|death_place=Fort Sumner, [[New Mexico]]

|death_place=Fort Sumner, [[New Mexico]]

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'''Billy the Kid''', (1859-[[1881]]), alias '''William Bonney''', was an infamous outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico. According to legend, he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life, though this is unlikely.<ref name="wallis244">Wallis (2007), p. 244.</ref>  

'''Billy the Kid''', (September/November 1859- July 14, [[1881]]), alias '''William Bonney''', was an infamous outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico. According to legend, he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life, though this is unlikely.<ref name="wallis244">Wallis (2007), p. 244.</ref>  

== Early years ==

== Early years ==