Larry McMurtry
Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter.[1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975). Movies inspired by McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
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| Born | Larry Jeff McMurtry June 3, 1936 Archer City, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 2021 (aged 84) Archer City, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1961–2021 |
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove, was made into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins).
McMurtry died on March 25, 2021, at his home in Archer City, Texas from congestive heart failure, aged 84.[2]
Larry McMurtry Media
One of McMurtry's bookstores in Archer City, Texas
One of the aisles of books at Booked Up in Archer City
Bookstore cat, Booked Up (2008)
The Contrabando, a ghost town and movie set within Big Bend Ranch State Park, used for making the "Dead Man's Walk" and "Streets of Laredo" parts of the Lonesome Dove miniseries.
Paul Newman (left) and Melvyn Douglas in Hud (1963)
References
- ↑ Hugh Rawson Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Screenings," American Heritage, April/May 2006.
- ↑ Garner, Dwight (March 26, 2021). "Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/larry-mcmurtry-dead.html. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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