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   Education. University of North Texas ( BA) Rice University ( MA) 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 ...

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2. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/09/25How Larry McMurtry Defined and Undermined the Idea of Texas

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   Sep 18, 2023 · In “Larry McMurtry: A Life,” a new biography by Tracy Daugherty, the author of well-received books about Joseph Heller, Joan Didion, and Donald Barthelme, McMurtry emerges as a perpetually ...

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   • "Texas literary giant Larry McMurtry dies at 84". The Dallas Morning News. ^ Hoinski, Michael (May 22, 2014). " 'Lonesome Dove' Legend Larry McMurtry on Fiction, Money, Womanizing, and Old Age". Grantland. Retrieved May 5, 2023. ^ "Larry McMurtry, one of Texas' greatest writers, dead at 84 - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham". March 26, 2021.

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   • The statement from McMurtry's family said that he died surrounded by loved ones, including Ossana; his wife; his son; his grandson, Curtis; and his goddaughter, Sara Ossana. He also is survived by his sisters, Sue and Judy, and a brother, Charlie. Pulitzer Prize-winning Texas author Larry McMurtry has died of heart failure at the age of 84.

   Author Larry McMurtry, who captured U.S. past and present, dead at 84

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   How did Larry McMurtry define and undermine the idea of Texas?

   • How Larry McMurtry defined and undermined the idea of Texas. By the end of his life, McMurtry had become part of the mythology that he insisted he was dismantling. Photograph by Diana Walker / Getty As a boy, Larry McMurtry rode Polecat, a Shetland pony with a mean streak and a habit of dragging him through mesquite thickets.

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   Did Larry McMurtry marry Ken Kesey's widow?

   • "Author Larry McMurtry marries Ken Kesey's widow". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2023. ^ Garner, Dwight (March 26, 2021). "Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

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4. news.yahoo.com › larry-mcmurtry-remembered-writersLarry McMurtry remembered by writers, actors, fans: 'RIP ...

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   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.

5. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksLarry McMurtry remembered by writers, actors: 'RIP, cowboy ...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, author of ‘Lonesome Dove’ and ‘The Last Picture Show,’ dies. March 26, 2021. “Sitting here thinking of the greatness of Larry McMurtry. Among the best writers ever ...

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7. variety.com › 2021 › filmLarry McMurtry, Oscar Winner for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and ...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · With William D. Witliff, McMurtry adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove,” an elegy for the disappearing frontier, into a hugely successful and Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning 1989 ...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry, seen at his book store in Archer City, Texas in April 2014, has died at age 84. (LM Otero/The Associated Press) Social Sharing

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936, Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.—died March 25, 2021, Tucson, Arizona) was an award-winning American writer noted for his novels set on the frontier, in contemporary small towns, and in increasingly urbanized and industrial areas of Texas. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and the National ...