Was Josh Brolin with Cormac McCarthy when he died?

Josh Brolin told Theo Von he was with Cormac McCarthy the night he died, along with McCarthy's son and ex-wife, at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Brolin was working on a series. Brolin says he now owns McCarthy's typewriter, pool table and couch, and that McCarthy left about 20,000 books, including hundreds on math and whales.

• Brolin says McCarthy's early novels each sold only about 1,200 copies before All the Pretty Horses, a parallel he draws with his own slow career.
• Brolin describes McCarthy as the nicest guy despite the severity of his writing.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (2026-10-13). Read the whole episode summary →

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