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Oscar-winning ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Screenwriter Larry McMurtry Dead at 84
New York Post ^ | March 26, 2021 | Zachary Kussin VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE FOLLOW ON TWITTER GET AUTHOR RSS FEED March 26, 2021 | 1:15pm | U

Posted on 03/26/2021 3:59:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Larry McMurtry, the prolific novelist and screenwriter who won a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award for his work, died Thursday at 84.

Amanda Lundberg, a spokesperson for the family, confirmed McMurtry’s death in an obituary published Friday by the New York Times. Lundberg did not respond to The Post’s request for confirmation.

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McMurtry was best known for his anti-Western work, or stories that focused on demythologizing the romanticism of the American West.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: books; larrymcmurtry; westerns
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1 posted on 03/26/2021 3:59:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I guess he CAN quit us.


2 posted on 03/26/2021 3:59:58 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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de-mystifying the west...?

Must have missed the sub-text of “Lonesome Dove”.


3 posted on 03/26/2021 4:00:54 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, ands fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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Biden is making his spirit live on in special ops diversity training BS.


4 posted on 03/26/2021 4:02:51 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I think when most people hear “Larry McMurtry” they probably think of Lonesome Dove and not Brokeback Mountain. But hey, we have to queer up literally everything, including the Old West.


5 posted on 03/26/2021 4:06:44 PM PDT by cdcdawg (WTF is "Jim Eagle?")
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To: nickcarraway

He wrote bigger and better works than that.

Only as big as your last hit I guess


6 posted on 03/26/2021 4:07:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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My daughter was conceived as a Lonesome Dove baby. Guess I should done a little more research.


7 posted on 03/26/2021 4:12:57 PM PDT by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: nickcarraway

My grandma always said to say something good about the dead.

This pervert is dead. Good.


8 posted on 03/26/2021 4:13:40 PM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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To: Covenantor
At one time I was reading everything he wrote. Lonesome Dove really was his best, I'm not just saying that because it won the Pulitzer.

Doves mate for life, as probably everyone knows, so it was about the loss of the one we loved the most, our true mate, whoever that might have been. He covered many aspects of it, including the loss of the unattainable one. Could even be a parent or a child, but I don't think he covered that one. Just mates.

Brilliant, I thought.

9 posted on 03/26/2021 4:14:08 PM PDT by firebrand (Women never want to go back to live in a place where they lived before. --McMurtry)
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10 posted on 03/26/2021 4:16:31 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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So they give him kudos (in the title) for that move. Not Lonesome Dove.


11 posted on 03/26/2021 4:17:20 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Never heard of him.


12 posted on 03/26/2021 4:19:59 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the MAGA Party.)
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c’est la vie

I will miss them about as much as they would miss me when I am dead and gone.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Pfft.


13 posted on 03/26/2021 4:22:00 PM PDT by cranked
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Yeah, I can’t believe that the headliner writer thought McMurtry should be remembered for Brokeback instead of the LD books.


14 posted on 03/26/2021 4:22:25 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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He wrote better things than Brokeback Mountain to be remembered for.


15 posted on 03/26/2021 4:22:27 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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The Last Picture Show was great.


16 posted on 03/26/2021 4:25:59 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: Gay State Conservative

When they told Parker and Stone about this movie they said if any cowboy is eating pudding in the movie, they’ll sue.

Of course McMurtry did introduce kneeling cowboys. I wonder if the Dallas football team had to pay him anything.


17 posted on 03/26/2021 4:27:10 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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To: cdcdawg

Trust in the Bible.
The Bible is quite clear on homosexuality.
America is lost if it doesn’t get back to God.


18 posted on 03/26/2021 4:28:11 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: cdcdawg

I suppose McMurtry’s biggest failing was not exploring the volatile transgender issues of his characters. 😆😅🤣

Does he have any statues we can tear down?


19 posted on 03/26/2021 4:30:45 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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I’ve always associated him with Westerns, especially Lonesome Dove trilogy
I didn’t know he wrote Brokeback Mountain.......I find that disappointing


20 posted on 03/26/2021 4:30:50 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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