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
- Booked Up In Archer City.JPG
One of McMurtry's bookstores in Archer City, Texas
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
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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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