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Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films.
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry Jeff McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on June 3, 1936, to Hazel Ruth and William Jefferson McMurtry. His father was a rancher. The family lived in what Mr. McMurtry called a ...
May 30, 2024 · Larry McMurtry was an American writer noted for his novels set on the frontier, in contemporary small towns, and in increasingly urbanized and industrial areas of Texas. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the epic Lonesome Dove (1985) and an Academy Award for cowriting the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005).
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, who died on Thursday at age 84, left behind a trove of work that explored the myths and legacy of the West.Many of his best books — including “Horseman, Pass By,” “The Last ...
Apr 2, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, best-known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Lonesome Dove" and other books about the American West, died last week at the age of 84. He wrote more than 30 novels and ...
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, the US screenwriter and novelist whose books The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment became Oscar-winning films, has died aged 84. Born in Texas in 1936, the Lonesome Dove ...
Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, a prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Oscar-winning screenwriter, has died at age 84. He was beloved for riveting and yet unsentimental depictions of the American West in ...
