Is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid based on a true story?

Members of the Wild Bunch, the robbers’ life and death inspired the 1969 movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

What really happened to the Sundance Kid?

Sundance Kid eventually fled to South America where he continued his life of crime. Historians disagree on his death with some citing a shootout in Bolivia on November 3, 1908 while others suggest he returned to the U.S. under the name William Long and lived there until 1936.

What was the real name of the Sundance Kid?

The Sundance Kid, whose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, is inextricably linked to the better-known Butch Cassidy, most likely as a result of the 1969 Western movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as well as subsequent print and film treatments. The two outlaws are often represented as boon companions participating in bank and train robberies together throughout their outlaw careers in both the United States and South America.

When the Bolivian authorities cautiously entered the hideout the following morning, they found the bodies of the two foreigners. The man thought to be the Sundance Kid was slumped against a wall with bullet wounds to his body and a gunshot to his forehead. The man believed to be Cassidy was next to him on the floor with a bullet hole to his temple.

What really happened to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?

What really happened to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? The pair were killed in Bolivia, but there were alleged sightings of Cassidy after his death. It was not long before the trio were accused of bank robberies in South America. Place eventually returned to the States (disappearing into history), and Cassidy and Sundance ended up in Bolivia.

How many children did the Sundance Kid have?

The Sundance Kid was one of the most famous outlaws of the Wild West, yet know one really knows how his story ended on Nov. 3, 1908. Legend says he was caught and killed in a shootout but by some accounts, Sundance escaped and lived a full life with a widow and six children until 1936.