It is with deep sorrow that the family of Lawrence "Larry" McMurtry, beloved husband, father and writer, announce his passing on March 25, 2021 at the age of 84. Born in 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas, McMurtry was an Academy-Award winning author and screenwriter who wrote over 40 novels and six non-fiction works over a period of more than six decades. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove, and the critically acclaimed novel The Last Picture Show, which was adapted into a 1971 feature film and an iconic Oscar-winning screenplay co-written by McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich. His other well-known works include Terms of Endearment, written and adapted into a 1983 film of the same name which won an Academy Award for Best Picture; and the 1994 western, The Cowboy and the Scholar, which earned him the Heisman autobiography prize. McMurtry received numerous literary prizes and honors during his lifetime, including three nominations for the National Book Award and a Distinguished Writer Award from the American Academy of Arts and Science and National Book Critics Circle. McMurtry was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Jo Ballard McMurtry. He is survived by his four children, Sarah, James, William and Matthew, nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Friday, April 2, 2021, at the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita Falls, Texas. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the Texas Book Festival.