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Larry L. King in 1976. Courtesy of the Wittliff Collection, Texas State University {} NEW YORK (AP) - Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a.


Larry King Dead at 87 Rolling Stone

Though Larry L. King shared a name with a popular radio and TV host, the writer was a singular Texas raconteur who could be confused with no other. A famed drinker and brawler, King will forever.


Larry L. King dies at 83; playwright wrote 'Best Little Whorehouse in

Dec. 22, 2012 12 AM PT Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became the hit Broadway musical "The Best Little Whorehouse.


Larry King, Dead at 87

Lawrence Leo King (January 1, 1929 - December 20, 2012) was an American playwright, journalist, and novelist, best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which became a long-running production on Broadway and was later turned into a feature film starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, and Dolly Pa.


RIP, Larry L. King Texas Monthly

Larry L. King, author of numerous essays, memoirs, and political narratives for Harper's Magazine between 1965 and 1971, passed away on December 20 at the age of 83.


Larry L. King, 83; wrote ‘The Best Little Whorehouse’ The Boston Globe

Larry L. King, who with Peter Masterson penned the hit Broadway musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and co-wrote the 1982 film adaptation starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds, died.


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Larry L. King, known for 'Best Little Whorehouse,' dies at 83 By Andrew Dansby Updated Dec 21, 2012 10:26 p.m. Journalist-author Larry L. King, at the Texas Capitol in 1981, was a D.C. resident.


Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87

Larry L. King (January 1, 1929 -December 20, 2012) was an American playwright, journalist, and novelist, best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which became a long-running production on Broadway and was later turned into a feature film starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning and Dolly Parton.


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One of King's first invitees is William Styron. In a letter to a friend in Texas, King recounts how Styron ends up in the emergency room after inhaling 'a bit of Mexican boo smoke' in King's apartment." ("I don't recommend Larry's approach to your year at Harvard," the mentor had written in the note accompanying his gift.)


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Larry King, a pioneering journalist and playwright of "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," dies at 83. (AP Laserphoto/AP LASERPHOTO) Before he became known the world over as a playwright,.


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NEW YORK — Larry L. King — a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical, ''The Best Little.


Remembering Larry King and the success of his nationwide radio show

Share by Larry L. King While we digested our suppers on The Old Man's front porch, his grandchildren chased fireflies in the summer dusk and, in turn, were playfully chased by neighborhood dogs. As always, The Old Man had carefully locked the collar of his workday khakis.


Larry L. King, playwright of ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,’ dies at

Larry L. King January 1, 1929-December 20, 2012 Journalist, playwright, and raconteur Larry L. King spent most of his life in Washington, DC, but the vivid language and distinctive characters of his home state never ceased to inspire him. King was born in the small west Texas town of Putnam.


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Larry L. King dies at 83; playwright wrote 'Best Little Whorehouse in

Larry L. King, a journalist, essayist and playwright with a swaggering prose style and a rollicking personal one, who left Texas as a young man but never abandoned it in his work — turning out.