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You can scare off a lot of cowboys just by looking mean, I guess.

Larry McMurtry

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Larry McMurtry
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: June 3
Died: 2021
Died: March 25
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Archer City
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Larry Jeff McMurtry
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