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The only bookstore I had was the paperback rack at the drugstore.

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
Texas
McMurtry
Larry
Larry Jeff McMurtry
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