Larry McMurtry: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Larry Jeff McMurtry
Born	June 3, 1936 • Wichita Falls • Texas
Died	March 25, 2021 (aged 84)
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2006) • Pulitzer Prize (1986)
Notable Works	“All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers” • “Brokeback Mountain” • “Buffalo Girls” • “Cadillac Jack” • “Duane’s Depressed” • “Horseman, Pass By” • “Leaving Cheyenne” • “Lonesome Dove” • “Moving On” • “Terms of Endearment” • “Texasville” • “The Desert Rose” • “The Evening Star” • “The Last Picture Show” • “The Last Picture Show” • “Zeke and Ned”