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  1. Years active. 1961–2021. 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. [1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted ...

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  2. Mar 26, 2021 · McMurtry, the author of “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show,” died Thursday of heart failure at his Tucson home. He was 84, and had written nearly 30 novels, about 15 works of ...

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  3. Apr 2, 2021 · Best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, McMurtry wrote more than 30 books and screenplays, many set in the West. He died on March 25. Originally broadcast in 1995.

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  5. Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, a prolific writer who wrote mostly about the American West and who won a Pulitzer Prize for the sweeping novel "Lonesome Dove," died Thursday, according to a family...

  6. Mar 26, 2021 · AP. Larry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “ The Last Picture Show ,” “Terms of Endearment” and “ Lonesome Dove ,” were turned into award-winning films...

  7. Mar 26, 2021 · Obituaries. Larry McMurtry, author of ‘Lonesome Dove’ and ‘The Last Picture Show,’ dies. Larry McMurtry in his Archer City, Texas, bookstore in 2014. (LM Otero / Associated Press) By...

  8. Mar 26, 2021 · McMurtry, the author of "Lonesome Dove" and "The Last Picture Show," died Thursday of heart failure at his Tucson home. He was 84, and had written nearly 30 novels, about 15 works of nonfiction and more than 40 screenplays and teleplays. Author Stephen King remembered the Texas native as a great storyteller.

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