Legendary native son McMurtry dies at 84

McMurtry receives the 2014 National Humanities Medal from President Obama. 

https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2015-09-03

McMurtry addresses a crowd at the Royal Theater in Archer City in August of 2018. He and his wife Faye surprised guests at the dinner and movie showing of The Last Picture Show. (Photo Archer County News)

  Larry McMurtry, a native of Archer County and graduate of Archer City High School, passed away yesterday at the age of 84. A prolific writer whose honors included a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for Lonesome Dove, a shared Academy Award for the adapted screenplay of Brokeback Mountain (written with Diana Ossana) and the 2014 National Humanities Medal, McMurtry kept a home and his famous bookstore Booked Up in Archer City. 

  Look for more information in the upcoming edition of the Archer County News.