Robert Newton Ford was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James-Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events.
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![On April 3, 1882, Jesse James stepped up on a chair to dust a picture, and Robert Ford seized the opportunity and shot James in the back of the head.[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Robert_Ford_shooting_Jesse_James_in_the_head.jpg/330px-Robert_Ford_shooting_Jesse_James_in_the_head.jpg)
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Robert Newton Ford was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James-Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events. Ford went on to operate various saloons and dance halls in the West, before being killed - at age 30 - by Edward Capehart O'Kelley in Creede, Colorado.
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