Though not a native Texan, Robert Duvall, whose death was announced Monday, embraced the state’s Western mystique as if he’d been born to it.
That admiration, of course, was returned twofold. Duvall’s portrayal of Gus McCrae in “Lonesome Dove” earned him a lasting place in Texas cultural imagination. Duvall also has a star on the Texas Trail of Fame in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
I found him once in Fort Worth at the brand-spanking-new Dickies Arena in December 2019. Duvall was there for the unveiling of the statue of cutting horse trainer Buster Welch, his good friend, and his famed horse, Peppy San Badger — “Little Peppy.”…