By Cynthia Osterman (Reuters) -Novelist Larry McMurtry, who wrote of complex relationships in novels such as “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment,” and then helped redefine the American Old West with the epic “Lonesome Dove,” has died at 84, his publicist said on Friday. McMurtry died on Thursday night, publicist Amanda Lundberg said. She did not immediately have any further details, including how or where the author died. In addition to his Pulitzer Prize for “Lonesome Dove” in 1986, McMurtry won an Academy Award in 2006 with writing partner Diana Ossana for the screenplay for “Br…
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