Larry McMurtry, the Pulitzer prize-winning author and screenwriter who examined the reality of the American west in novels including Lonesome Dove, has died.
James L Brooks, who directed the adaptation of Terms of Endearment, called McMurtry “among the best writers ever” on Twitter.
McMurtry, who was born in Texas, published his first novel, Horseman, Pass By, in 1961.
And the fact that he was personally working the cash register of his rare book store as he did so.”