Larry McMurtry: References & Edit History
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Tracy Daugherty, Larry McMurtry: A Life (2023), is a comprehensive biography.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: NPR - Remembering Larry McMurtry, A Writer Who Helped Define The American West. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Nov 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS Texas - Years after his death, author Larry McMurtry's legacy lives on in tiny Texas town. | Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Remembering Larry McMurtry, A Writer Who Helped Define The American West. | Jan 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Larry McMurtry. | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Texas at Austin - Harry Ransom Center - Larry McMurtry: An Inventory of His Collection in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Center. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Society of Authors and Writers - Larry McMurtry. | Sep 28, 2024 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Aug 07, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | May 20, 2024 | ||
| Revised to note the award-winning nature of his work. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| Location of death added; Additional Reading section added. | Jan 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Larry McMurtry, Novelist And Screenwriter Of The West, Has Died At Age 84. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Larry Jeff McMurtry. | Feb 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Larry Mcmurtry. | Apr 10, 2022 | ||
| He died on March 25, 2021. | Mar 26, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Biography of Larry McMurtry. | Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Noted his receipt of the National Humanities Medal. | Sep 21, 2015 | ||
| Noted the publication of The Last Kind Words Saloon. | Jun 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Biography of Larry McMurtry. | Apr 04, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 12, 2013 | ||
| Changed "Houstonites" to "Houstonians." | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 21, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 20, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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