![]() ![]() ![]() The first book in the Lonesome Dove series became a television miniseries hit in 1989 starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones.įROM 2015: 'Lonesome Dove' TV series reunion in Fort Worth McMurtry won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for "Lonesome Dove," which was the first in a series of novels featuring the adventures of two retired Texas Rangers beginning in the late 1870s. ![]() Others include "Horseman Pass By" and "The Last Picture Show." McMurtry penned more than 50 novels and dozens of screenplays during his career, including "Lonesome Dove" and "Terms of Endearment," just two on a long list of works that were turned into award-winning movies. His death was confirmed Friday by a spokesman for his publisher, Liveright. Larry McMurtry, the Texas-born Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist known for bringing memorable characters and scenes to life in books and on screen, has died. McMurtry's depictions of the American West and small-town Texas brought memorable characters to life in books and on screens for decades. ![]()
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