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Larry McMurtry Dies: Prolific ‘Lonesome Dove’ Novelist & Oscar-Winning ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Screenwriter Was 84
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deadline.comLarry McMurtry, who won an Oscar for penning Brokeback Mountain, earned a nomination for The Last Picture Show and authored books including Lonesome Dove and Tears of Endearment, has died.
He was 84. The news was confirmed to media outlets by family spokeswoman Amanda Lundberg.McMurtry won the Pulitzer Prize for writing Lonesome Done, which became a popular 1989 CBS miniseries and spawned a sequel and series, and was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal by President Obama.Hollywood also made films from his Horseman, Pass By, which became the 1963 Paul Newman pic Hud; Leaving Cheyenne, adapted for the big screen as Sidney Lumet’s Lovin’ Molly (1973); and The Evening Star, whose film take was headlined by Shirley MacLaine in 1996.MORE
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