Remembering Cormac McCarthy: A Tribute to a Great American Author.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy has died at the age of 89. McCarthy's novels included The Road and No Country for Old Men, both of which were turned into successful films. Fellow author Stephen King called him "maybe the greatest American novelist of my time". Booker Prize winner John Banville, a friend of McCarthy's, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was a "great loss" and he was a "giant figure". McCarthy died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday.
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- Cormac McCarthy: Tributes to 'unique' author of The Road and No Country for Old Men BBC
- Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dead at 89 The New York Times
- Cormac McCarthy: Where to start with his Western novels, plays and other projects The Washington Post
- Cormac McCarthy, among America’s greatest authors, dies at 89 CNN
- Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dies at 89 Hollywood Reporter
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