Larry McMurtry, 'Lonesome Dove' Novelist and 'Brokeback Mountain' Oscar Winner, Dies at 84

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DALLAS (AP) — Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Lonesome Dove" and returned them to modern-day landscapes in works such as his emotional tale of a mother-daughter relationship in "Terms of Endearment," has died. He was 84.

an obituary published Friday by the New York Times. Lundberg did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for confirmation.Neither the cause of death, nor where McMurtry passed away, are immediately known.McMurtry was best known for his anti-Western work, or stories that focused on demythologizing the romanticism of the American West.“I’m a critic of the myth of the cowboy,’’ the native Texan reportedly said in an interview 1988.

Larry McMurtry was an author and screenwriter known for novels including “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show” as well as his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay for “Brokeback Mountain.”This is a breaking news story.

Larry McMurtry, who won an Oscar for penning Brokeback Mountain, earned a nomination for The Last Picture Show and authored books including Lonesome Dove and Tears of Endearment, has died. He was 84. The news was confirmed to media outlets by family spokeswoman Amanda Lundberg.

For the record: An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled McMurtry’s name.More to come…

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterLarry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” were turned into award-winning films and who won an Oscar for co-adapting “Brokeback Mountain,” has died, according to The New York Times. He was 84.A spokesperson for McMurtry’s family confirmed his death to The New York Times.