Portis saw the world from the ground up, from bars and shacks and trailer homes, and few spun wilder and funnier stories. and Larry McMurtry, and he was often compared to Mark Twain for his plainspoken humor and wry perspective. His fans included Tom Wolfe, Roy Blount Jr. His brother, Jonathan Portis, told The Associated Press that he died in a hospice in Little Rock, Arkansas, his longtime residence.Ĭharles Portis was among the most admired authors to nearly vanish from public consciousness in his own lifetime. Portis, a former newspaper reporter who apparently learned enough to swear off talking to the media, had been suffering from Alzheimer's in recent years. NEW YORK (AP) - Novelist Charles Portis, a favorite among critics and writers for such shaggy dog stories as "Norwood" and "Gringos" and a bounty for Hollywood whose droll, bloody Western "True Grit" was a best-seller twice adapted into Oscar nominated films, died Monday at age 86.
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