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Death and worse happened on the plains.

Larry McMurtry

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Larry McMurtry
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: June 3
Died: 2021
Died: March 25
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Businessperson
Essayist
Historian
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Archer City
Texas
McMurtry
Larry
Larry Jeff McMurtry
Plains
Worse
Happened
Death

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Uva uvum vivendo varia fit
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