![]() ![]() Maybe that's why The New York Times obituary described Portis as "possibly the nation's best unknown writer" - a claim that seemed to be contradicted by the outpouring of affection and admiration that followed the news of the writer's death. He published only five novels, from "Norwood" in 1966 (made into a film in 1970 that reunited "True Grit" cast members Glen Campbell and Kim Darby) to "Gringos" in 1991. Portis - whose Memphis newspaper assignments included the funeral of Elvis' 46-year-old mother, Gladys Presley - shunned the limelight and was hardly prolific. (He was born in El Dorado, and he died in a hospice in Little Rock he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's some six years previous.) Portis, who started his professional writing career in 1958 as a reporter with The Commercial Appeal, died Monday in Arkansas, the state where he was born 86 years and two months earlier. ![]()
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