RIP Larry McMurtry

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RIP Larry McMurtry

#1 Post by bazodee » Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:31 pm

Author of Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment dies at age 84:
Winner of the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay for Brokeback Mountain
Writer of Hud, and The Last Picture Show

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Re: RIP Larry McMurtry

#2 Post by Spock » Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:20 pm

Jim at Frontier Partisans thoughts on the passing of Larry McMurtry. Personally, I will always regret never getting to his huge bookstore in Archer City (I think) Texas.

https://frontierpartisans.com/21641/lif ... francisco/

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Re: RIP Larry McMurtry

#3 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:59 pm

Spock wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:20 pm
Jim at Frontier Partisans thoughts on the passing of Larry McMurtry. Personally, I will always regret never getting to his huge bookstore in Archer City (I think) Texas.

https://frontierpartisans.com/21641/lif ... francisco/
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