Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 â€" November 7, 1908), better
known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train and bank robber and the
leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the
Old West.Parker engaged in criminal activity for more than a decade at
the end of the 19th century, but the pressures of being pursued by law
enforcement, notably the Pinkerton detective agency, forced him to
flee the country. He fled with his accomplice Harry Alonzo Longabaugh,
known as the "Sundance Kid", and Longabaugh's girlfriend Etta Place.
The trio traveled first to Argentina and then to Bolivia, where Parker
and Longabaugh are believed to have been killed in a shootout with the
Bolivian Army in November 1908; the exact circumstances of their fate
continue to be disputed.Parker's life and death have been extensively
dramatized in film, television, and literature, and he remains one of
the most well-known icons of the "Wild West" mythos in modern
times.Robert LeRoy Parker was born on April 13, 1866 in Beaver, Utah
Territory, the first of thirteen children of British immigrants
Maximillian Parker and Ann Campbell Gillies. The Parker and Gillies
families had converted to the Mormon faith while still living in the
United Kingdom. Maximillian Parker was twelve years old when his
family arrived in Salt Lake City in 1856 as Mormon pioneers. Ann
Gillies was born and lived in Tyneside in northeast England before
immigrating to the U.S. with her family in 1859 at age 14. The couple
were married in July 1865. Robert Parker grew up on his parents' ranch
near Circleville, approximately 215 miles (346 km) south of Salt Lake
City.[citation needed] Butch Cassidy Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter