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. 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.
'Little Whorehouse' writer Larry L. King dies Houston Chronicle
Strange as it may seem, it's almost a shame Larry L. King, who died Thursday in Washington, D.C., is known primarily for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Don't get me wrong. His original 1974. 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,. 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. 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.
Larry L. King, playwright of ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,’ dies at
Larry L. King is a novelist, journalist, and playwright. He is the only writer nominated for a unique "Triple Crown" of American letters: a National Book Award, a Broadway Tony, and a television Emmy. In 2004 King received the Texas Bookend Award for Lifetime Achievement. 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. 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 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
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, 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 L. King - author and playwright of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," and "The Night Hank Williams Died" Martha Swope Journalist-author Larry L. King, at the Texas Capitol in 1981, was a. 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.
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From the archives of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University, former curator Richard Holland has selected from among thousands of Larry L. King letters those dealing with the daily warp and woof of an American writer alternately giddy with success and doubting his own talents. The result is a crazy ride on a roller coaster of many dips, loops and steep climbs.As. 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.
